Unscathed, the Tarzan slowly leaned against the dock, this time the four Napoleonic guns placed in the bow were no longer concealed, and the pitch-black muzzles made everyone who saw it look in awe. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Last night, the water ghosts of the Kitabatake family sneaked into the port, because they used firearms, they couldn't hide it from outsiders, and just when everyone was wondering who couldn't help but do it first, the Tarzan actually sailed to the sea.

It wasn't long before explosions were heard a few kilometers outside the port, and fires flashed continuously. The implications of such a situation are so obvious that an experienced person can even deduce from some details that four guns of no less than 8 pounds of caliber were used on the ship that was firing the guns.

With such heavy artillery fire, it must not be to attack the enemy, otherwise even if the Taishan was lucky enough to defeat the other party, it would not be possible for it to be undamaged at all. In this era of the widespread use of bows and arrows and broadside warfare as the main means of water warfare, a ship loaded with four 8-pounder guns was already a very threatening force.

In fact, it was Ye Zongman and them, and afterwards they were also shocked by the nearly 50% hit rate in this battle, how powerful the artillery of the Franc machine man was They had seen before, although it was stronger than the Ming Dynasty's own firearms, but whether they could hit the target at a distance of 800 meters really depended on God or the Jade Emperor or something, which was like the Wufeng cannon provided by Yang Guang, and it was possible to hit 1 cannon with 2 cannons.

In fact, there is nothing strange about this, after all, these Napoleonic guns are the products of the military industry of modern time and space, and they are improved models based on hundreds of years of development experience, and there is certainly nothing to be faulty about in terms of quality. Not to mention that in the 16th century, when artillery technology was not developed, even in the American Civil War, when Napoleon's cannon shined, it was definitely proud of the existence of other similar products.

With such good military equipment, and the gunners selected by Ye Zongman are also the kind with many years of experience, it is not surprising that they can give full play to the advantages of these artillery pieces in the shortest possible time and obtain excellent results.

Of course, if you want to achieve a hit rate of nearly 50%, which is an extremely dazzling record in modern time and space, the enemy's stupidity and cowardice also help a lot, and if the Kitabatake family's navy rushes forward desperately, it will definitely not be possible to have such a high hit rate while maintaining the movement, but as soon as those warships saw that the Tarzan was equipped with artillery, they all turned around and wanted to escape.

It is not easy for a ship at sea to turn around, and this is not a trivial matter that a car on land can brake with a single foot on the accelerator and hit the steering wheel. Even with steam or even diesel as power, the whole process could not be done as much as possible, not to mention that the warships of the Kitabatake family all relied on sails and oars.

When the ships turned around, they were as slow as they were floating on the sea, and if they couldn't even hit such a target, the gunner on the Tarzan would have killed them with a piece of tofu.

The details of the battle at sea at dawn were unknown to the merchants in the harbor, and while they were inquiring about each other in the harbor by various means, the Tarzan sailed out of the harbor once again and disappeared from their field of vision.

After leaving the port, the Taishan went at full speed in Isewan, and although there was no steam or diesel power, this "full speed" was not particularly fast, but it was also at a level of 6 knots per hour, and in the evening it was on the surface of the sea only a few kilometers from Toba Castle.

Toba Castle is the domain of the Kitabatake family, a daimyo in Japan's Ise region, and it is located in the southwestern part of Ise Bay, where warships can easily choke the mouth of Ise Bay.

Don't look at the Hokahata family's fiasco, but the loss is a small ship of a few hundred materials, the real main force has always been entrenched in Toba Port and has not been dispatched, maybe from the beginning they didn't take a merchant from the Ming Kingdom to heart at all.

"Plop! Thump! Several water sounds were heard in succession, and the multi-ton anchor was lowered into the water. In the upcoming bombardment, the vast majority of the sailors of the Tarzan will be engaged in the maneuvering of the guns, and there is no surplus manpower to adjust the direction of the ship, rather than letting the Tarzan float everywhere on the sea because of the recoil of the guns, it is better to fix it directly to make it easier for the gunners to aim at the target.

Ye Zongman, who saw this scene at the top of the deck of the Taishan, personally picked up the hammer and rang the bronze bell in front of him. The continuous crisp sound of the bell spread throughout the ship, which was the order for the whole ship to prepare for battle, and every sailor who heard this sound showed a solemn expression on his face, and involuntarily accelerated the movements of his hands.

On the side of the Tarzan, facing Toba Harbor in the distance, the gun window flaps on the middle and upper cabins were propped open, revealing a 12-pounder Napoleon gun that had been prepared inside.

The Tarzan currently has 50 Wufeng guns, a total of 32 that can be fired in one direction at the same time, of which 2 are in the bow and 2 in the stern, and the remaining 28 are all in the cabin, although some of them need to be moved temporarily. Now that all the guns were well prepared, all the guns were in place, and the pitch-black muzzles were pointed into the distance, ready to let out an angry roar at any moment.

"I'll leave it to Brother Ye here!" Yang Guang nodded at Ye Zongman, handed over the command of the naval battle that was about to start to him, and walked towards the cabin below with his hands behind his back.

"I will live up to Brother Zhao's wishes!" Ye Zongman shook Yang Guang's back a few times with his hands in fists, and then picked up the telescope again to observe the situation on the opposite side, when he saw that the lights in Toba Harbor began to move rapidly, he immediately knew that it was a sign that the Kitabatake naval army ships were moving, so he put down the telescope and ordered: "Artillery test firing!" ”

"Boom!" A loud bang came from the bow of the ship, and the spherical solid bullet made a low whistling sound in the air gradually into the distance, and after a few seconds or so, a large splash of water was stirred up on the surface of the harbor of Toba Port in the distance.

Each Wufeng gun was led by an experienced gunner, and after the first shot, each gunner was beckoning his men to adjust the direction of the gun according to the quadrant inserted into the muzzle, so as to better hit the target.

After receiving the "free fire" order from Ye Zongman, almost every gunner leader invariably clenched his hands into fists and spit saliva into his palms, which made Yang Guang, who saw this scene, laugh, which is probably the reason for many strange traditions.

If this sea force can continue to win and defeat all the opponents who try to challenge them, then what was originally just a meaningless and somewhat superstitious practice will surely become some kind of sacred ritual that represents the inheritance. (To be continued.) )