Chapter 4 Out of the Indian Ocean (1)
The continuous sailing, the sea breeze, seagulls, or the dorsal fin of the shark cruising in the distance, even Yang Shan does not feel new, and the several supply ships that follow behind the task force are also medium treasure ships, and the whaling forks on the ship driven by black powder are also extremely sharp when hitting sharks.
Ding invited him to the deck of the Guangxi, Yang Shan was really not excited, this was the real sailing career at the end of the Middle Ages, there was no radio, Yang Shan and Xu Bin's only pastime was to give cultural lessons to the sailors on the ships of the task force. At first, they were impatient to do this, and no matter what, they felt that it was a loss of identity to mix with the big soldiers. After sailing for a long time, this unconsciously made the two of them feel that it was a way to kill time.
Originally, they also went to talk to Wan An for a few games, but after getting on the boat, Wan An entered a state of crazy and evil to make up all kinds of flags and common sense of ships, he really learned very quickly, how can Wan someone not learn no skill, that also refers to the comparison of the first and auxiliary of the past dynasties, like Cao Nai, who died in the civil fort, and the current Chen Xun is from the top of the family, of course, Wan someone will not learn no skills and will only drill the camp.
But if compared with ordinary people, Wan An is the orthodox twelfth year Ding Mao Ke Xie Yuan, the orthodox thirteenth year Wuchen Ke second class first place passenger, this product is definitely a scholar! When he found out that Ding Yi didn't need viagra, and in order to vote for Ding Yi's good, he began to go crazy to learn navigation knowledge, it was really that even the old pirate who had been raised by Huang Xiao couldn't help but secretly say that Admiral Wan was born to eat water and rice.
"There are sea vessels, probably pirates." Ding raised his binoculars and said to Yang Shan. "What's new, so teach people to go down and ask my brother to come up and have a look." Self-confidence is contagious, and I have been with the soldiers under Ding Yi for a long time. This is really even Yang Shan's interest in such a thing as pirates.
He listened to Ding Yi's words, and also took out his monocular clairvoyance to look at it, and sure enough, he saw six boats on the side of the coast, walking in the same direction, Yang Shan laughed and said, "There really is a boat!" If Jin Guo doesn't deceive me! But I didn't see what you said, the flag with a skull! "Maybe it's a boring voyage. He became frantic too, and shouted almost illogically, "Hurry! Hit him with a cannon. Teach him to know the power of tomorrow! He danced and shouted, his eyes still attached to the clairvoyance, and then the Guangxi hit a left full rudder, if it wasn't for Ding Yi to pull it. Yang Shan had to fall on this deck.
"Don't interfere with the fleet commander." Ding Yi helped Yang Shan. Saying this to him, in fact, Ding Yi is not too worried, in this era, he doesn't know if Da Gama and Dias were born, but at least they are not adults yet, this sea, Ding Yi doesn't think there is any opponent.
This is also part of the reason why he is relieved to let Wan An take command, and another point is that he also sees Wan An's attitude.
But when the two sides approached. Soon Yang Shan's face was not very good, because those few ships were left behind. The other five ships began to cut diagonally, and when they were about a kilometer or so, the bow began to glow, and then the solid shells made a splash despite the fact that they were far away from the Guangxi. In order to pursue speed, the displacement of the Guangxi is not too large, only less than 500 tons, compared with the other party's ships, it does not reflect the tonnage of the crushing, but the landing ship behind it is transformed from the Daifuku ship, which looks like a giant.
After the four or five ships fired the bow guns, they pulled up the skull flag that Yang Shan was expecting, but they were obviously frightened by the attack of the opponent's bow guns, especially when he raised his binoculars and looked at what strings were still being pulled on the pirate ship, he shook Ding Yi's arm and said urgently: "Rujin, start the cannon quickly!" ”
Ding Yi didn't speak, Yang Shanyue was even more anxious, he felt that Ding Yi was frightened, because from the time he went to sea to now, this is the first time that artillery has appeared on the enemy: "Hit him!" Although we only have two ships with cannons, and he has five ships with cannons, we don't necessarily lose in a fight! Rujin, cheer up! ”
"Okay." Ding Yi put down the binoculars and nodded at Yang Shan.
Yang Shan didn't know where Ding Yi's confidence came from, in his clairvoyance, he saw the yellow-haired pirates, wielding knives and guns and howling wildly, they had guns! Harquebus! This made Yang Shan even more nervous: "They have big guns!" Rujin, look, that gun is almost the same as a handcuff, but it's much bigger than our guns! It's over, it's over...... Looking for sweet potatoes? Let's come to death! Rujin, you can make the old brother miserable, it's nothing to die here with you, this death is too unjust! ”
"Don't worry, Wan Xunji is still doing well......" Ding Yi comforted this old Yang Shan with kind words.
But at this time, the five pirate ships roared and flew out a few stone bullets, the distance was too far, except for a splash on the side of the landing ship converted from a big treasure ship, there was no practical effect, but it also looked terrifying, and it was artillery, and it was a stone throwing, Yang Shan was so frightened that he couldn't help himself, and began to think about how to phrase his last words.
At this time, the Guangxi and the Guangdong had completed the turn to seize the T-position, and originally with their tonnage, if they went to the eighteenth century, they were actually not qualified to join the battle line, even if they used nitro * gunpowder * powder, even if it was a multi-layer gun barrel rifled gun, even if the rate of fire was fast...... This distance is the world of battleships, three to four decks, nearly 100 guns on one side, the power under the salvo is not a joke, no matter how accurate the Guangxi and Guangdong are, run away, and honestly go to be a sniper at sea.
But this was around 1454 AD, far from the eighteenth century, and even broadside guns were not popular.
The Guangdong and Guangxi horns, which had seized the T-shaped position, roared violently under the command of Qiyu, and after firing a salvo, the fourth gunner in the artillery crew opened the gun chamber, the third gunner pulled out the shell with an iron hook, and the second gunner responsible for loading had already loaded the flowering bullet with a fuse and reloaded it; Then the four gunners closed the bolts, and the first gunner, who was in charge of aiming, began to shake the handle to fine-tune and correct the high and low angles and the compass angles...... This qiē does not take more than ten seconds.
With the second salvo order given, the pirates, who had not yet come to their senses, ushered in a second round of artillery fire.
"Wan Xunji is good." Ding Yi put down the binoculars, smiled and nodded to give such a comment.
Yang Shan trembled and pointed to the sea: "This, this, what about this ship?" ”
There was really no ship, and the five pirate ships, under the care of two rounds of flowering bombs with a total of forty-eight yellow charges, were completely disintegrated into pieces, and there was no chance of sinking. At a distance of about 600 meters, artillery with high and low and directional machines installed, and well-trained gunners, definitely more than half of the hit rate, each ship had to withstand almost five high-intensity flowering shells, this kind of tonnage, it is normal to crush.
In fact, after the rescue ship was dispatched, nearly half of the dozens of surviving prisoners of war salvaged were insane, because they could not accept this fact, even if they were sunk, there was nothing, but two salvos of ten seconds or so were an incredible thing, in history, the British captains who went to the eighteenth century were most proud of a salvo every minute, while their French and Spanish counterparts could only achieve a salvo in five minutes. Therefore, in the past four or five years, it is normal for them to be unable to accept these two rounds of salvos of ten seconds, and the power of this cannonball is also beyond their understanding.
"Oh God! It must have been Ceuta in Morocco, I killed that woman's husband, I took possession of her, God was punishing me! "O Lord Almighty...... "Yellow Peril! The Yellow Peril is here again! What did we provoke! "Lord, why do you want your whip to come again......" They wailed, they repented, they groaned.
God's whip refers to the Northern Xiongnu who were killed by Huo Qu's disease to the point of breaking their courage, [the ancestors are really wide] This group of nomads who were defeated by the Han nation, after going to the West, made the Westerners miserable, so it is called God's whip. The Yellow Peril not only refers to the Northern Xiongnu driven away by the might of the strong man, but also to the Western Expedition of Meng Yuan.
"Portuguese?" Ding Yi looked at the captives who came up, but he could probably understand what they were saying, "Ceuta in Morocco? You are Don. Alfonso. Enrique's men? "Anyone who knows a little about the Age of Discovery will not know this Prince Henry.
After getting confirmation from the captives, Ding laughed: "So, his navigation school and observatory have been built?" Yes, tell me, you know where that nautical school and that observatory are, and that's the only reason you can survive. ”
"Devil, devil ......" the sailor was no longer normal, and asked him a few times, and only said something, "May your kingdom walk on the earth as it ...... in heaven", about some Christian scripture, and then trembling with extreme horror, the two volleys shattered not only his ship, but also his knowledge of the world, and he could only find an excuse for himself, that is, it was not a weapon that could exist in this world.
Later, a few sailors who were in good spirits were dragged over, but they couldn't ask anything at all, until a neatly dressed guy was dragged up, and Ding Yi replied: "Yes, Your Excellency, Prince Enrique has sent us on an expedition...... The school you're talking about is probably Sagres. ”
Sagres, the place Ding Yi remembered, he smiled and nodded, "Okay, congratulations, you can survive." ”
Ding Yi is also running navigation schools in the South China Sea and Xiangshan, but it is obvious that he has a specialization in the art industry, and he is confident about how to train the army, whether it is infantry, artillery, special operations, common subjects or specialized subjects.
But the navigation school, how to train is completely unknown, completely relying on those old pirates to teach words, but those old pirates who can't read a few words, it's okay to teach them by hand, and it's really difficult for them to give lectures......
Prince Henry's school is exactly the template that Ding Yi needs. (To be continued......)