Chapter 235: Golden Cat
The naval battle soon came to an end. Chen Dabeard was very unwilling to watch the barbarian ship fly away, and he could only hurriedly clean up the battlefield, and then quickly left. As for those companions who sank into the water, they could only mourn in silence in their hearts. Since you have become a pirate, you must have the consciousness of being buried in the sea. Moreover, for these pirates, the bottom of the sea is their best burial place. Provided, of course, that they don't become food for the fish on the bottom of the sea.
There was still a fierce battle on the surface of the sea just now, and at this moment there were only two capsized boats left, and a trace of blood that gradually dissipated with the waves.
Masato also rushed to the battlefield at this time. Looking at the flotilla of pirates gradually moving away and the large barbarian ships that were still cruising unhurriedly in front of him, Masashi was covered in a cold sweat. Originally, they planned to break into the chaotic battlefield and take the opportunity to escape, but it turned out that these guys were very shrewd and ended the battle early, which made Masayo's plan fail. Now, his own ships are still the prey of the Ming Dynasty sailors who are gradually approaching behind.
"Go in the direction of that big ship," Masarashi shouted as he continued to paddle with the oars in his hand. After a long period of vigorous exercise, Masahiro already felt a little overwhelmed by his physical strength. Now the only hope is the big ship ahead. Judging from the situation of the other party cruising unhurriedly, it seems that he is not afraid of the few lucky ships behind him at all.
With Masayo's order, the ship quickly headed in the direction of the big ship. Let's hope the big ship won't mind what it does. Now this move of his own is obviously to bring trouble to the other party, and meet a bad-tempered shipowner. It is estimated that Masahiro's boat will be angered by the other party. In desperation, even at the risk of offending the other party, Zhengliang decided to take a gamble.
"Those big ships didn't chase after them," after a long time, the surprised cry of stones came from behind him. A long and fast paddling of the oars. Even adults like Masashi can't bear it, let alone stones. So the stone did not paddle again a long time ago, but began to work to release the wind.
Hearing the exclamation of the stone, Masara and the others hurriedly turned their heads to look back, and sure enough, they saw several lucky boats stopped, and some people even put down the boats and began to clean up the naval battle battlefield just now.
Yes, the generals of these lucky ships do not plan to pursue Masayo anymore. The main thing is not to want to go to war with the barbarian ships in front. Unlike the uninformed pirate leader Chen Dabeard, the combat effectiveness of the barbarian ships. The generals of these lucky ships are knowledgeable. Although in the current situation, the three lucky ships together would definitely be able to defeat the barbarian ship, but they themselves must have suffered a lot of losses in the end. At this time, another group of pirates who had just left reappeared. Then these three lucky ships are in danger. Besides, the ships that pursued Masayo anyway were just for the sake of making deals and gaining military merits. Isn't this just-concluded naval battlefield exactly what they need now? So why take the risk of chasing it? So after weighing it, the general of Fukufune decisively stopped the pursuit of Masayo's ship.
"Don't be discouraged, hurry up and get out of here," Masarashi shouted. Although I don't know why the other party suddenly stopped, this is the perfect time to leave quickly. After all, at such a distance, the other party can catch up again in an instant.
was reminded by Zhengliang, and everyone immediately sobered up, and then gritted their teeth. Continue to row the boat away at a rapid pace.
Half an hour later, the ship finally moved away from the battlefield just now. And everyone was so tired that they were all lying on the boat.
"Huh? Oh no. It's the big ship just now! It's coming our way," and as the crowd gasped, the stone in charge of watching the wind screamed again. …,
"Huh?" The crowd got up. Sure enough, I saw that the big ship of the barbarians was heading this way. Look at it. Completely coming for their own ship. Could it be that what he did just now really angered the other party? Now they're settling the scores? It's really just out of the tiger's mouth and into the wolf's den! Masahiro couldn't help but think with a wry smile.
Zhengliang turned his head to look at a few of his subordinates again, and the wry smile was even stronger. I saw that one or two of them were exhausted, and even when they stood up, they supported each other. If the other party directly attacked his ship at this time, then his gang would have to be captured.
Just as Masato was in shock, the big ship had stopped seven or eight meters away from Masahiro's ship.
Zhengliang looked at it intently, and couldn't help but exclaim: What a big ship. Just now, when he was just trying to escape for his life, when he was actually around this big ship, he realized that this ship was indeed very large, at least bigger than any ship Masara had seen in Japan.
Now Masahiro can only look up to this big ship. Looking up, I saw that the ship had three tall masts, and three large canvases hung from them, all of which were now closed, of course. The hull appears to have two layers, presumably converted from a merchant ship. The bow and stern decks are very high, and in the event of a battle, when the two ships get stuck side by side, it has the advantage of being able to easily board enemy ships, as if designed for broadside combat. From a distance, its terrifying castle-like appearance also played a role in psychologically intimidating the enemy, and with the guns on the deck, it was indeed an invincible fortress on the sea.
Strictly speaking, now the ship cannot yet be called a large three-masted galleon (that is, a Spanish galleon). According to political conscience, Spanish galleons only appeared in the mid-to-late 16th century. It is said that the Portuguese were the first to build such galleons, but it was the Spaniards who began to build galleons on a large scale and used them to form a powerful fleet. The famous fleet of Spanish treasures is made up of such ships. The fame of the Spanish galleon lies in its large hull and carrying capacity, and in its constant flow of gold from the New World for the Spanish royal family and nobility to splurge. Usually it carries heavy weapons. Spanish galleons had two or three decks, most of which were three-masted, but there were exceptions of four-masted.
And Masato also noticed that the first ship has not yet begun to set up portholes. It is estimated that the ship has not returned to the West for some time, otherwise it would have followed suit with portholes. During this period, the West had begun to know how to set up portholes on ships. This is a window on the side of the ship, which is opened with a hinch cover, so that it is easy to load and unload the ship through the window without having to lift it from the side of the ship. Using this idea, British shipbuilders managed to make the cannon fire from the lower deck of the ship. In this way, the broadside gun was introduced. Its weight is safely distributed just below its center of gravity. Spain immediately followed in the footsteps of the British and built a warship about 100 feet long and 30 feet wide, known as the Spanish Masty. Like the ancient Greco-Roman warships, it was designed specifically for naval warfare. Its hull tends to be elongated and narrow, with a low ramming angle above the waterline, which it can use to ram enemy ships. Such a warship had three masts with sails on them. The bow and stern were built with a shipyard, and the hull above the waterline was equipped with a number of light cannons. On the main hull there was a row of large cannons, in this way, the initial stage of the naval battle was significantly extended. But if the battle could not be won at the end of the battle without a violent ram with the enemy ships, and the soldiers boarded the enemy ships and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight, as was the case in the early naval battles.
Just as Masara was looking at the construction of the big ship, a bald head stuck out from the side of the big ship, and then shouted at Masayo's ship, "Hey, guy down there, that's the captain." Our captain please, come on board. ”…,
"Your Highness, let me wait," Liu Le, Kinoshita Masanao and the others immediately stepped forward and said. In this situation, it seems that it is impossible not to go, but it is too dangerous to let the head of the house go.
"No, I'll go," Masarashi said calmly. It can be seen from the fact that the other party did not attack, at least the other party has no intention of harming for the time being, so Masahiro still decided to go and investigate. See what the captain on that ship is trying to do.
Finally, under the order of Zhengliang, Liu Le accompanied him to the big ship.
"Let's get over there," Masayo gave the order, and the boat began to row to the side of the big ship.
Arriving at the bottom of the side of the big ship, Masarashi gave his men a reassuring look, and then took the lead in climbing up the rope ladder hanging down from the deck of the big ship.
Just as he was about to climb to the side of the ship, a large, calloused hand reached out. Masarashi smiled in understanding, and then stretched out his right hand and shook it with the other party's big hand. As soon as the other party exerted his strength, Masahiro climbed onto the big boat.
Once you've stood still, take a closer look. Standing in front of him was a burly man, the bald man who had just shouted. Judging by the appearance, it should be a Han Chinese. I saw the bald man grinning at Zhengliang, then patted Zhengliang on the shoulder, and then said: "Ha Lu haha, let's go, lucky guy, you are lucky this time, the captain actually wants to see you." What the hell, why is that captain who only plays with women in the bed suddenly interested in meeting guests today? ”
Masarashi smiled slightly when he heard this, but he didn't answer, but his heart became interested in the captain. After Liu Le also climbed up, Zhengliang walked to the front of the two sides of the boat under the leadership of the bald man, where was the position of the bow of the ship.
Masarashi looked at the layout of the deck of the big ship. I saw more than a dozen people standing around, and Masahiro found white people from these crowds, and they were also Southern Barbarians. These people are now looking at Masahiro and the others like monkeys.
Looking further, I saw a guy sitting on a chair with his back to Masahiro in the direction of the bow of the boat. And what attracted Masahiro the most was that next to the chair, Masara saw a beautiful woman. A beautiful woman with blonde hair, a beautiful golden cat. (To be continued......) ……,