The position of the first bucket is at least forty zhang away from the side of the ship, and now the bucket is constantly spinning on the surface of the sea with the incoming seawater, and it is obvious that the salvo of the bird gun just now not only reached a distance of forty zhang that the Wu Dynasty fire gun bird gun could not reach, but also maintained enough lethality to break through the barrel wall. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing this bucket spin and sink to the bottom of the sea, Zheng Zhihu can be regarded as truly understanding the weapon level of the Chinese people to a new level. The same bird, the Wu Dynasty is only a hundred steps, twenty zhang to the sky, when it is thirty zhang, it is better to hit the moon, anyway, the fate rate is the same. But at present, the bird guns of these Chinese people can not only reach a range of more than 40 zhang, but also have enough lethality. He had seen these sailors' buckets before, the walls of the barrels were quite thick, and the ability to resist the fire bolts was even higher than the leather armor, and since these projectiles could penetrate these barrels, it also showed that these projectiles could still cause damage to enemies wearing leather armor at a distance of forty feet.

Zhong Bin then ordered the Marines to shoot at the second bucket, but this distance was too much for these smoothbore versions of the Senate rifles. You must know that the Ministry of Commerce and Trade has spent a lot of effort in order to find a home for this batch of Senate rifles, because the Marine Corps is equipped with rifled rifles, they specially made more than ten smoothbore versions of the barrels, and replaced the barrels of these rifles, you must know that although the range of these smoothbore versions of the Senate rifles can easily reach more than 100 meters, if one day the Zheng family suddenly becomes an enemy of the Senate, the difference between rifling and not can immediately determine the outcome of the battle. It was decided at the beginning of the crossing that the senators and naturalized people should maintain the weapon generation gap between automatic and semi-automatic weapons, and between the naturalized people and friendly forces, and between the naturalized people and friendly forces.

However, despite being a smoothbore version of the Senate rifle, due to the well-made barrel and the use of mechanical sights, this range is still unrivaled on this plane.

A non-commissioned officer of the Marine Corps shouted instructions: "Comrade Captain, please use a salvo sight to shoot." ”

"Allow!" Zhong Bin agreed without thinking about it, not noticing the captain behind him, Yang Junbo, who secretly smiled.

Soon the Marines finished loading and turned on their salvo sights.

Zheng Zhihu didn't know what the salvo sight was for, but now that these Chinese sailors were aiming, he didn't ask much, just watched quietly. With the non-commissioned officer shouting the command, this salvo was fired loudly, and the smoke of gunpowder spewed upwards, which did not obscure the view from the side of the ship. This time, Zheng Zhihu clearly saw that the dense bullets landed near the second barrel, but he still failed to hit the barrel.

At this time, a captain of the Zheng family chuckled in the back: "Although the fire of the people is excellent, it is also powerless at this distance." ”

Zheng Zhihu didn't say a word, just watched these marines continue to reload their ammunition, and it was obvious that these sailors should also be corrected according to the impact point like the previous spring cannon.

Sure enough, the non-commissioned officer adjusted his stance on the second shot, and soon the salvo was very close to the barrel, and in the end it seemed that another shot hit the barrel, but it failed to break through the barrel wall. Zheng Zhihu could clearly see that the projectile was ejected and landed on the sea more than ten steps away.

Neither the Ministry of Commerce nor the Admirals made any noise, and they clearly knew that if it was a rifled version of the Senate rifle, it would not be a problem to add two hundred meters, and another hundred meters would not be a problem. But the three captains of the Zheng family laughed heartlessly, although they knew that such a weapon was already a militaristic weapon that they could not reach, but this more than eighty zhang away could not penetrate the barrel, and there were still some inexplicable incentives for them, at least these countrymen did not have the ability to do it more terrifying.

"Report" The non-commissioned officer of the Marine Corps walked up to Zhong Bin, "The weapon demonstration is complete, Comrade Second Lieutenant, please instruct." ”

"You guys go back to the cabin," Zhong Bin said, turning to face the deck and commanding loudly, "Anchor!" Raise the sails and prepare for the return voyage. ”

The sailors, who had been surrounding the firing position of the weapon, ran again, shouting slogans Anchor lifting, Anchor lifting, Sail lifting.

Zhong Bin took out a compass from his pocket, pointed it in the right direction, and then began to order, "Turn to the course of three-five-two, and go at full speed." ”

"Brother Zhong, is this going back?" Zheng Zhihu hurriedly approached Zhong Bin and asked, Zhong Bin nodded, "Of course!" The weapons demonstration has been completed, the Senate's order has ended, and all that remains is for you to negotiate with the trade department when you return. ”

"Then can the little brother ask Brother Zhong to come out tonight?" Zheng Zhihu's face was full of anticipation, which made Zhong Bin a little embarrassed. It stands to reason that he used to be a member of Eighteen Zhi, and it was no problem to chat with Zheng Zhihu, who was the second in line, at night. But he didn't know if the timing was right at this time, and if he annoyed the chief for this matter, he might not have a good time, and he still remembered deeply the situation when he was sweeping the streets with a wooden sign.

However, soon someone came to relieve him, and several veterans of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade came forward and began to sell Zheng Zhihu the weapon sales plan and personnel training methods. As soon as Zheng Zhihu was taken aside, Yang Junbo quietly squeezed next to Zhong Bin, "What's wrong?" He wanted to invite you out for a drink, didn't he? ”

Zhong Bin hurriedly and quietly replied, "Yes, captain, he wants to invite me out for a night." ”

"Yes, promise him." Yang Junbo's words confused Zhong Bin, and Zhong Bin couldn't help but turn his whole body around, "Chief, you said to let me go?" ”

"Yes, you are sworn brothers, and it is a rare thing to meet old acquaintances in other places, so it's not bad to talk about them. It just so happens that you don't have to be on duty today and tomorrow, so you can go, it's okay. Although Yang Junbo said it lightly, it made Zhong Bin's heart more and more bottomless. So how should we talk to them about this arms purchase? ”

"Just let it be, just tell the truth."

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"Come on! Brother Zhong! Here's a toast! Zheng Zhihu and several captains sat around the canteen hall of the guest house, which was specially prepared for them by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade. Although Zheng Zhihu screamed fiercely, he didn't drink much, but just asked a few captains next to him to toast Zhong Bin.

Zhong Bin had a wry smile on his face, "Don't call me Brother Zhong, that eighteen Zhili Zhong is at the bottom of the ranking." Brother Zhong can't stand ......"

"Where, where?" Zheng Zhihu hurriedly picked up the wine bowl on the table and poured it over and handed it over, "When Brother Zhong left the Zheng family back then, I hated Brother Zhong to the core!" Come, Brother Zhong go one! ”

Zhong Bin couldn't help but smile bitterly again, the wine in front of him couldn't be pushed, so he had to take it and drink it.

"But Brother Zhong's later things are authentic! didn't go with Li Kuiqi, but went south by himself, this courage! Little brother salutes one! A captain on the side hurriedly threw over a big top hat, and at the same time a bowl of wine.

"That's it, later Brother Zhong didn't have the upper hand in the battle with Liu Xianglao, and retreated to Annan, and the brothers were also very worried, and now I saw Brother Zhong, so I felt deeply relieved."

Zhong Bin had to smile bitterly again. He knew better than anyone that although he was a sworn brother in Eighteen Zhi at that time, there was no brotherly friendship in the pirate gang. It's already a good thing to be bad in front of you, and no one in the eighteen Zhizhi has done anything bad behind your back. Since Yang Yangqi defected with his own fleet, it was Liu Xiang again, and then Li Kuiqi and him, how could it not be caused by the Zheng family's aggressiveness in the Eighteen Zhili? Especially after Zheng Zhilong was Zhao'an, he was obsessed with fighting for his position in the officialdom every day, adding real estate to the Zheng family, and just distributing ordinary money to them, former pirates. The Wu Dynasty's Yulu is notoriously low, often only a few taels of silver a month, such a Yulu is about the same as that of ordinary sailors, and the sailors of a slightly higher level are not enough, not to mention the eighteen Zhi members at the end of their ranks. Besides, this money was issued to these former pirate leaders, and they had to take the money out of their own money, which of them didn't have a dozen ships and thousands of people under his command? These taels of silver are divided, and I am afraid that one person will not be able to share a copper plate.

Although the Zheng family then monopolized trade with Japan and firmly grasped a maritime Silk Road, Zheng Zhilong was not a bowl of water in the eighteen zhili. He secretly used the vast majority of the proceeds to expand his own fleet, but he suppressed the surname of Eighteen Zhi in every way, either in arrears or wantonly withholding, which made some members of Eighteen Zhi complain, and eventually led to the defection of Yang Yangqi, Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and Zhong Bin.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong was also prepared for their defection, using the fleet with the surname Eighteen Zhi to chase down the defecting fleet and consume their strength. After the fall of Yang Yangqi, Liu Xiang was the first to discover Zheng Zhilong's selfishness and led his fleet south. However, Liu Xiang's fleet is not very powerful, and the usual sources of funds are mainly obtained by plundering merchant ships or going ashore to plunder, and Zheng Zhilong's way of making money by carrying out trade with Japan and selling trade licenses is not comparable at all.

In comparison, Li Kuiqi is more far-sighted, before he defected, he contacted many captains who were dissatisfied with the Zheng family, and then suddenly defected, which made Zheng Zhilong disgraced for a while, and once there were only a few ships left, and there were more than 1,000 soldiers left. However, Li Kuiqi was a qualified pirate, but not a qualified leader, he was only obsessed with plundering and had no interest in trade, and several months after his defection, he was contacted several times by the Maidno and the Yanin, wanting to establish a trade route with him, but they were all refused. So in the end, although Li Kuiqi's power was still very large, the Zheng family's expanded fleet with the support of the Maidno people and the government swelled up like a balloon. In addition, Wang Zunde, the current governor of Guangdong, is a cannon-making maniac, and he casts more than 300 cannons a year, and these cannons were brought to Zheng Zhilong by Xiong Can's idea.

Zhong Bin still led his fleet to leave when Li Kuiqi rejected the Maidno people, and he knew that there would definitely be nothing good to annoy the Maidno people at sea. Under such a trade-off, Zheng Zhilong's fleet began to gradually take the initiative, and now it has begun to make Li Kuiqi's fleet lose the initiative and can only passively defend.

Zhong Bin once tried to go to the Guangdong Ocean to seek refuge with Liu Xiang, but when Liu Xiang defected, Zhong Bin also led the fleet to pursue, so he was deeply resentful of him, and finally fought a big battle after several frictions. In the end, Zhong Bin only had a few ships left, and defeated Annam in order to make a comeback, but unexpectedly encountered the forces of the Senate, and then was captured again.

Zheng Zhihu and several captains listened to it and couldn't close their mouths, everyone knows the beginning of this story, but the end is too unbelievable. "Brother Zhong, brother, this is really going to be happy." Zheng Zhihu handed over a glass of wine after a while and said.

"What do you mean by that?" Zhong Bin felt a little strange and couldn't help asking.

"Brother openly attacked these ships," Zheng Zhihu said and couldn't help but look up at Zhong Bin's current head, "And the people not only did not execute Brother Zhong, but absorbed Brother Zhong into this ......"

"Navy" Zhong Bin took the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, and added a sentence to Zheng Zhihu.

"That's it, Brother Zhong is now from the Minister of the Dragon!" Zheng Zhihu said and poured wine into the wine bowl again. "With these weapons that my younger brother sees today, this country's fleet will be invincible when it runs rampant on the sea. Listening to what Brother Zhong said, these Chinese people have just come here, and they are just a few boats. In just a few months, the city and the port were built, and even this naval army ...... Ah no, the navy already has seven Fubunes and Hiroshi, and has even defeated a fleet of Medenorians. The rise of these people is predictable, and at that time, Brother Zhong will be the real minister of the dragon. ”

Zhong Bin smiled, he did think the same way, he was the first naturalized civilian officer. As long as his future journey is politically correct, keep up with the pace of the Senate, and wait until the navy built ships like dumplings as Chief Yang said, he will definitely be able to have a ship. Judging from the current momentum of the Senate opening the "Academy of Surface Ships", it can be seen that their demand for captains is very large, and even when the navy is rampant at sea, it is not impossible to become a fleet commander himself. At that time, he will really be the sword of the Senate.

"But Brother Zhong, the younger brother has a few questions, and I want to ask Brother Zhong to help the younger brother solve his doubts." Zheng Zhihu looked at Zhong Bin's eyes in a daze, felt that he was almost drunk, and finally threw out his ultimate purpose, "What are the shortcomings of the few weapons displayed today?" ”

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