Chapter 144: The Destroyer on

An hour later, the sailor at the bow of the lead Fubune shouted, "There is a voice! There is a sound! ”

The people on the boat immediately ran, and the gong bearer hurriedly picked up the gong in his hand and struck it one after another. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The info deck was full of sailors, and they were already a little unable to fall on their feet, but when they heard the sound of the gong to prepare for battle, they hurriedly got up and rushed to their positions. It is certainly not a good thing to meet other ships in this time and space, the South China Sea at this time is the real law of the jungle, the strong can rob the weak, and the weak can rob the weak unless they can escape, otherwise it is likely to lose both people and goods, so the ships that appear at this time can only be regarded as their enemies by default unless they are under their own flags.

On the deck of the ship was a lot of goods, these were the most popular timber and luxury goods in the old trade with the Chinese maritime merchants, even porcelain, and these goods in large wooden boxes stumbled on the deck, causing many sailors to collide.

Soon, a strong band of light suddenly emerged from the darkness in the distance, and then swept directly between the fleets, illuminating the entire fleet.

"What is this?" The people on the ship were stunned by this light band, and the most feared thing about sailing on the sea was night sailing. Whenever there were clouds in the sky, they could not see the sea six or seven feet away, so they had to hang a large lantern on the bow of the ship to illuminate the sea. But lanterns are basically made of paper, and they can easily get wet between the waves and extinguish the flames, so most of the time the owners would rather drop anchor when it gets dark than go on a night boat.

But this intense band of light that suddenly appeared at this time directly refreshed their world view, and there was something that could emit such a strong light at night?

The ship was the destroyer commanded by Tang Xunliang, and at this time there were several naval soldiers standing in the bow of the ship, and they were standing at their posts with cold faces - in front of them was a Type 1628 ship-based machine gun installed in front of the deck, this ship-based machine gun weighed very considerably, and it was a full 29 kilograms when the cooling water was not added, so the navy veterans directly counted it as an artillery unit. In view of the fact that the machine gun had to stop firing due to continuous firing and heat during the last battle for the defense of Vostochny Port, the Military Industry Committee specially developed this water-cooled carrier-based machine gun to prolong the life of the barrel and increase the firing time. However, due to the lack of raw materials to chrome the barrel at this time and the seamless steel pipe brought by the old time and space was used, the barrel life was still not high, about 2,000 rounds, so each machine gun in the destroyer's weapons bay at this time carried ten spare barrels. Moreover, it is not easy to obtain cooling water at sea, and the use of seawater will cause corrosion to both the barrel and the water tank, so this is still one of the key research projects of the Military Industry Commission.

The rear of the destroyer is equipped with a spring cannon, the main advantage of this gun is that there is no smoke and fire, but because of its short range and low power, it has always been the object of dislike by the naval elders. However, at this time, Lin Shenhe of the Military Industry Commission had already determined that he would come up with qualified naval guns within three months, so there was not much opposition for a while. In addition, there are two ship-based machine guns next to the destroyer command room, although this Senate active destroyer, formerly known as the Type 206B patrol boat, has a tonnage of only 100 tons, a length of 43 meters, a width of 6.5 meters, and a draft of only 1.5 meters, but its maximum speed is 29 knots, and these weapons carried on it are invincible in this time and space, and the ships in this time and space can't beat it and can't outrun it, so Tang Xunliang's tasks at this time are generally patrolling and expelling.

Based on the performance of the indigenous sailors in the last battle of the Eastern Harbor and the fact that the naval veterans were unable to exert the combat effectiveness of the advanced combat ships due to insufficient numbers in the battle, all modern ships except the Dongfeng have now begun to use the indigenous sailors recruited in this time and space. They were more industrious and obedient to orders than the senators, and their only drawbacks were that they could not understand the various command words of the senators, and the communication in Mandarin was also very problematic, and it was not clear when both sides would be staring at each other. However, this problem is not difficult to solve, after all, the Mandarin penetration rate in the Oriental Port is getting higher and higher, and even the vendors in the farmers' market can use fluent Mandarin to negotiate with the veterans in charge of purchasing. As long as there is a connection with interests, even Martian is not impossible to learn, so now there is such a clause in the treatment of the navy, Mandarin assessment, and the language allowance of a dime per month is increased by the passer, so the current indigenous sailors are working hard to learn Mandarin seriously, and the communication between them is carried out with broken Mandarin with difficulty.

"This is the Chinese Coast Guard! You have entered China's territorial waters! Identify yourself immediately and stop for inspection! The voice in the loudspeaker reached the ears of these people on the Fu Boat crisply and loudly, this voice was Mandarin, although the people on the Fu Boat were not very familiar with Mandarin, but the difference between this and the official language of the Wu Dynasty was not too big, so there was no great difficulty in understanding.

"Go," Xu Wei ordered to a sailor beside him, "Raise the flag, let all the ships stop, put down the dinghy, and I will negotiate with the boats." ”

The person on the side reminded quietly. "Brother Xu, be careful of deception! If it is not Chinese, wouldn't it be a sheep into the mouth of a tiger? ”

"No, it won't." Xu Wei shook his head and pointed to the big bronze mirror next to his ship, "Judging from the light illuminated by the other party, it must not be a skill that ordinary maritime merchants such as us can fool, and the lighting is still like this, and the armament is naturally not something we can fight the enemy." ”

The others were speechless for a moment, and the ones they were now using as searchlights were only reflected by copper mirrors, and the illumination distance was only about twenty meters, and the light and shadow were miserable, and they couldn't see anything if they were a little farther away. They couldn't help but look up at the light projected from the self-proclaimed Chinese Coast Guard on the other side, illuminating it as if it were daylight, and they could vaguely see that there was only one boat in the distance, and there were some people in the bow of the boat standing in front of a strange thing, and those people had no weapons in their hands.

Not long after, Xu Wei rowed towards the destroyer in a small boat. The closer he got to the destroyer, the more strange he felt. This boat was more than ten zhang longer than the lucky boat he was on, but it was about the same as his own lucky boat, and he couldn't understand how such a slender boat could withstand the wind and waves in the sea, and wouldn't it be a trouble to turn around? And the fact that there were no sails and no oars on its own was an incomprehensible miracle to him, and the whole ship looked like it was made of steel, how did this thing of steel float on the water? Not to mention that there are so many people on it.

Most of the sailors on board stood next to machine guns and spring guns, but there were quite a few sailors standing on the side of the ship, holding Senate rifles in their hands. Since there were so few places where rifles were needed in naval battles, and the barrels were too long for use in cramped cabins and crowded decks, they now used mainly senate rifles with truncated barrels and combined butts. Due to the cumbersome use and difficulty in maintenance, these Senate rifles were disassembled after only half a month of equipping the army, but due to the Senate arms trade restrictions, these rifled Senate rifles could not be sold to the Annan army, so they were sent to the warehouse of the Logistics Department. However, fortunately, the Marine Corps soon began to be formed, because of the limitations of the military industry's weapon production capacity, they have not been able to line up the equipment plan of the Type 1628 rifles, so they put forward this batch of Senate rifles. But the number of marines was still much smaller than that of the army, and soon the remaining senate rifles were equipped with naval sailors.

"Who?" The sailor shouted vigilantly at the dinghy with his rifle in hand.

The sailors in the dinghy trembled with fear and shouted at the boat, "We are the Zheng family's trading ship." ”

Although the indigenous sailors on the ship do not often go to sea, they still know a lot about the Zheng family, although the Zheng family is not the largest in the South China Sea now, but after Zhong Bin was captured and returned to Shun, Liu Xiang fought several battles with the Zheng family, although they have their own victories and defeats, but they also have their own sphere of influence in the South China Sea. At present, since the people on this small boat claimed to be from the Zheng family's fleet, it should not be a fake, so they gestured for them to come over.

The boat approached, and the sailors above shouted, "Whoever is coming, please choose a representative to board the ship." ”

The bulwark of the destroyer was not high, and the sailors on it rested on the side of the ship with a metal staircase, and Xu Wei climbed up quickly.

When he went up to the deck, Xu Wei, who thought that this big steel ship was a wooden ship with iron sheets attached to the outside, was taken aback again, and the side of the ship could be seen that it was all made of steel, and the deck was all laid with steel, and there were tooth lines on it, which should have been specially made to prevent slipping in the waves. There was also a strange cannon on the aft deck, with a slender barrel and a rotating steel part behind it, how far could such a cannon hit?

The sailors at the spring cannon also looked at him with no expression, and the canvas armed belts around their waists were all equipped with canvas pistol holsters, and all of them were equipped with revolvers. The sailors in charge of the guard on the side were either holding senate rifles or revolvers, all staring at Xu Wei with a little nervousness. Xu Wei was also very keen to discover the difference between these weapons, not to mention that the weapons have no reflection, they don't look sharp at all, and they must not be very effective in fighting. Could it be that these Chinese have come up with something new? He couldn't help but secretly recall the lightning speed that these people used to attack the village a few months ago, the sharp firearms, and the flying gods, all of which made him unaware of the fear, but at the moment this big iron ship and the firearms used by these sailors on board, the mystery of the Chinese in these aspects is like a thick fog, making him more and more unable to see their true faces.