Chapter 687: Slaughter!
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"Boom!"
"Boom, boom!!"
Before dawn, before the natives of this coral reef island woke up from last night's sweet dream, in front of the lined up fleet, cannonballs with smoke and sparks rolled one after another, like pieces of meteor showers that want to destroy the earth, constantly tumbling and roaring, and overwhelmingly pouring down towards the island. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time.
Although these second-hand warships that Li Yuanqing bought from the Spaniards in Manila, although they are already a little outdated, their sidestring guns are all 8-pounder guns, and the main guns in the bow and stern are 12-pounder guns, which are the legendary 'red-coated cannons' of the Ming army!
Although the Spaniards were lazy, arrogant, and unreasonable, it was undeniable that they were very competent in the craftsmanship and maintenance of artillery.
After several rounds of artillery offensives, Li Yuanqing also had a more accurate judgment in his heart.
The firing range of the 12-pounder gun steadily crossed one and a half miles, and could even reach a position of two miles.
The 8-pounder guns, although slightly worse, can almost all of them steadily cross 650 meters, and even, with a better angle, can also cross a distance of one and a half miles, that is, 750 meters.
This aborigines-populated coral reef island, as a whole, is dumbbell-shaped, very thin, elongated, and the width of the widest part is just over two miles.
In this way, the firepower of Li Yuanqing's fleet can already cover the entire island steadily.
Even if these shells are not flowering shells, the excellent bouncing effect of the solid shells, as well as the attack coverage with almost no dead ends, simply make the natives of these islands have nowhere to hide, and can only jump up and down like monkeys, fleeing for their lives in embarrassment.
Even if there are some wizards and sacrifices who are not afraid of death, they want to use their 'jumping god' magic skills to scare off the attack of the Ming army, but they never thought that they would completely become targets, and soon, they were directly smashed into meat sauce by the terrible cannonballs.
On Li Yuanqing's command ship, even if it was Guan Canghai, he couldn't help laughing: "General, this artillery offensive is really sharp!" ”
Kong Youde's face was also full of excitement: "If these artillery pieces are all used on land, what kind of dog tartars with bird feathers!" Lao Tzu will definitely be able to kill Shenyang City and cut off the old slave's dog head alive! ”
Junzi couldn't help but be excited: "General, it's a pity to waste so many shells on these earthy dogs who beat these birds!" Let's get on our sons and kill them all!" ”
The corners of Li Yuanqing's mouth also showed a comfortable smile.
This is the pressure of the times!
No matter how familiar these natives are with the terrain and how brave they are, ~~, they are not rats after all, in the face of absolute firepower, they are like ants, and they can only be slaughtered by Li Yuanqing!
However, Li Yuanqing also knew that the fleet and technology he had now were just technologies that had been eliminated by the Europeans, and it was okay to crush the natives, but there was still a huge gap between them and the advanced main fleet of Europe.
Now, the main ships of the Dutch and Spaniards have begun to be equipped with 24-pounder guns, although this is only the main gun, but it is more symbolic and deterrent.
But Li Yuanqing understands that the long-standing and somewhat silent empire of the sun never sets seems to be inconspicuous at this time, but in fact, their shipbuilding technology, artillery technology, and steel smelting technology have begun to lead the forest of the whole world, and the side-chord guns have all been replaced with powerful 24-pounder guns, which is really no longer a dream!
Once they gain a firm foothold in India~, then ~~~, Southeast Asia, will definitely be another starting point for them!
At that time~~, the pattern of the whole world will be changed!
Fortunately, although the three brothers are weak and powerless, ~~, after all, they have a vast territory and extremely deep depth, and the gentlemen of the empire on which the sun never sets, if they want to conquer India, at least ~~, it will take ten years!
Decade!
This is enough for Li Yuanqing!!!
"Prepare for the landing fleet! Don't be in a hurry, though! Let the gunners find a feeling! Li Yuanqing smiled and said to the generals around him.
The generals around him also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and they couldn't help but smile and nod.
Xu Heizi was busy approaching Li Yuanqing's side and whispered: "General, this, won't this be a bit too wasteful!" ”
Li Yuanqing smiled slightly: "Heizi, you must know that silver can never be earned!" But ~~, the actual combat opportunities of the sons and daughters are precious! ”
Xu Heizi was stunned for a moment, but he also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and couldn't help but nod with deep understanding, and laughed: "The general is wise!" Humble duty understood! ”
"Boom!"
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The fierce artillery roar lasted for nearly half an hour, and at this time, the entire 'Dumbbell Island' was already in a mess, but all the buildings on the ground had basically been destroyed.
Countless natives could only hide in the northern section of the island, out of reach of artillery, shouting at the warships of the Ming army.
At this time, each artillery had already fired more than a dozen shells, and it was almost close to the limit, Li Yuanqing waved his hand coldly, "Land!" ”
"Yes!"
The order was quickly passed on.
In a moment, with the flares shining in the sky, the flag-bearers on the warships desperately waved the flags in their hands, and the officers roared loudly.
The small boats, like schools of fish facing the morning sun in the early morning, quickly rolled towards the 'dumbbell island'.
In the east, the morning sun is rising, and the fiery red light reflects the sea and the sky, and all the officers around them are already busy.
Li Yuanqing was dressed in a bright red robe of the general army, his hair was raised high, fixed with a golden hairpin, and a sword made of pure gold scabbard hung from his waist, standing in the early morning sun, like a sacred and unoffending god, shining with golden light!
At the door of the cabin not far behind Li Yuanqing, Zhang Chunxue couldn't help but look a little stupid.
These few days were like a dream to her.
She had no idea that she would become his woman, and besides, he had been spoiling her for four days, every time, ......
Zhang Chunxue's delicate but somewhat rough little hand couldn't help but touch her lower abdomen.
"God, since you have given me a chance, can you give me another chance to ......"
But before Zhang Chunxue could finish thinking about it, the slogan she was most familiar with suddenly sounded in front of her.
"General Wansheng!"
"Immortal Camp Wansheng!"
"Wansheng Wansheng Wansheng !!"
At this time, the bright red wave is even more dazzling than the morning sun on the horizon, they are fearless, they are uniform, like a mountain and a tsunami, and a uniform rock, step by step, neatly but quickly, swallowing up the space of the natives on the island.
At this time, the smile on Li Yuanqing's face couldn't be concealed at all, and the overall situation was decided!
He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, it was just a quarter past six.
The battle was fought around 5:40, just over half an hour later.
Although the Changsheng camp occupies an absolutely overwhelming advantage, after all, the natives on the island have a favorable geographical advantage, and the surrounding environment is also complicated, Li Yuanqing thought that he would encounter a lot of trouble, but at this time, everything is much smoother than imagined!
Thinking about it, the smile on the corner of Li Yuanqing's mouth couldn't help but get worse, and he shouted: "Press it up!" Press it up! Don't let them run! ”
"Yes!"
The soldiers quickly conveyed Li Yuanqing's order to the front line, and the soldiers in front immediately became more and more courageous and rushed forward desperately.
Next door to Li Yuanqing's command ship, Ben Coaster couldn't help but rub his eyes vigorously.
He was authorized to participate in the battle as Li Yuanqing's 'personal staff' and a temporary adviser to the entire fleet.
Originally, Ben Coaster was quite dissatisfied with Li Yuanqing's arrangement.
For he knew very well that the natives of the man-eating shark tribe, though primitive, ignorant, and backward, were more treacherous than wild beasts, and more difficult than rats.
Once, both the Spanish and Portuguese officials had encircled and suppressed this disgusting pirate, but they failed to succeed several times in succession, and on the contrary, many warriors and sailors of the two countries were even sacrificed by them to the sharks for dinner.
Later, the man-eating shark tribe no longer attacked the Spanish and Portuguese fleets, but focused on attacking the Chinese fleets, and Manila and Malacca ignored them and left them to fend for themselves.
But this also confirmed their strength, and they became more and more violent, attacking and harassing the Chinese fleet on the route countless times.
In response to this, the Chinese wealthy businessmen have complained to the Spanish and Portuguese officials, and even the Dutch officials countless times, hoping that they can exterminate this disgusting pirate like a man-eating shark.
But these European powers seem to have agreed with these natives that if you don't provoke me, I won't provoke you, and the well water will not interfere with the river water.
In the end, the Chinese wealthy businessmen had no choice but to avoid this nearest route, and instead chose the remote route.
Even if it will increase their costs a lot, ~~, what can this be compared to keeping wealth and goods?
However, this has made it so that in recent years, the trade quota of Chinese businessmen around them has declined extremely, and their competitiveness is not as good as before!
In history, it was not until the Zheng family became strong that the Zheng family's fleet defeated the invasion of this man-eating shark tribe several times, and they did not retreat.
But that doesn't cure the root cause.
It wasn't until the Sunset Empire entered Southeast Asia strongly, and the man-eating shark tribe, which had no prey, was forced to attack the fleet of the Sunset Empire, which caused anger, that the British Empire's 'Invincible Armada' really paid attention to it, and it took more than half a month to completely eliminate this indigenous pirate strength.
Originally, Ben Coster thought that even with the support of artillery, even if he found the location of this man-eating shark tribe, they had evil curses and magic, and it would be difficult for his boss Li Yuanqing to get real benefits, but at this time, the situation in front of him made him dumbfounded!
This~~, this is almost a complete massacre!
At less than 8:05, the soldiers at the front came with the news that the situation had been fully controlled, 'Please come to the front and give instructions.' ’
Li Yuanqing naturally did not hesitate, beckoned Niu Gensheng and his soldiers, took a small boat, and came to the island.
At this time, the ground was covered with scarlet blood, and countless corpses of indigenous people were piled up into more than a dozen piles like firewood.
Next to each pile, there were dozens of heavily armed Immortal Camp sons and daughters guarding them.
The natives are the best at pretending to be dead and using hidden weapons, Li Yuanqing is coming, these soldiers dare not slack off in the slightest.
"General, we have captured more than 500 people in this battle, of which there are more than 100 men, and the rest are women, old people and children."
Guan Canghai quickly came to Li Yuanqing's side to report the results of the battle, but he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "General, we are here, and we have found more than a dozen white female captives!" Also, there are dozens of Chinese female captives......"
"Huh?"
Li Yuanqing's brows couldn't help frowning instantly, "Where is it, go over and take a look!" ”
"Yes!"
Guan Canghai did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led Li Yuanqing to a corner of the prisoner of war group.
But as soon as he saw the situation in front of him, Li Yuanqing suddenly became angry, and his eyes were about to erupt with fire!!
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