Li Xiao did not doubt that Yuan Chonghuan was capable of clearing the remnants of the Indian army on the island of Ceylon, and if he couldn't even do this, the Second Division should really be disbanded.

The Zhiyuan ship split the dark blue waves and hit out white waves. Unknown seabirds are flying in the sky, and flying fish are soaring on the sea. This is the Indian Ocean, a place where the Ming Navy once came.

The last time was a eunuch named Zheng He, who came here with his huge fleet. They don't extort land, they don't ask for trade, they just want to show the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Xiao felt that this kind of behavior was stupid, and he spent his national funds on ocean voyages, but he did not earn the slightest benefit. No wonder this kind of idiotic behavior will be stopped, the business of losing money and not making money in this world cannot continue, and only an extremely good-faced emperor like Emperor Yongle will do such a thing.

Since the capital has been paid, it must be profitable. The island of Ceylon can be said to be the lifeblood of India. As long as the island of Ceylon is occupied, the Ming army can attack any place on the east coast of India with impunity. He even went north through the Bay of Bengal to attack a country known for its floods. Of course, Li Xiao would not have made such a stupid decision.

Bangladesh is rich in typhoons and floods. But there are not many resources, and the only oil and gas resources are still distributed in small pieces. Hundreds of years later, when the value of oil was high, people were reluctant to exploit it, let alone now.

Relatively speaking, Li Xiao prefers Myanmar. The output of the Leibitang copper mine is very high, and the modernization process of Daming requires materials measured in 10,000 tons. Copper is, of course, one of the most important! If possible, Li Xiao is eager to pull the world's mineral deposits to Daming. Even if there are unworthy descendants in the future, at least they can defeat the family for a few more years.

A wave hit and the sea splashed onto the foredeck. Li Dashuai, who was thinking wildly, was drenched by the waves, and staying on the deck before the storm came, this kind of behavior was stupid.

Li Xiao is not prepared to be stupid, if he catches a cold in such a place where there is a lack of medical treatment, it is very likely that he will die. God knows what flu virus is circulating these days.

Seeing that Li Xiao returned to Jianqiao, Deng Yongchang was relieved. It's windy outside, and it looks like a storm is coming. At this time, the handsome man was very dangerous outside, but he didn't dare to let something happen to this master, if something really happened, his own boatload of people would not be enough to cut off their heads.

After returning to the cabin and changing clothes, Li Xiao was ready to lie down on the bunk for a while. The past two months in Mumbai have also been exhausting, and at the same time, there are some things that Li Xiao needs to think about carefully.

An attack on India is a war of aggression, and Li Xiao does not shy away from this. Ma Wuye grass is not fat, if you want to make the 200 million people of Daming rich as soon as possible, robbery is a very good way. This kind of plunder, whether it is spiritual, physical or material, has a great attraction for the Ming Dynasty.

But here's the problem!

How much sacrifice did the Ming have to pay for this war of aggression?

Li Xiao originally naively thought that he could use mercenaries to plunder the whole world. In retrospect, this is simply wishful thinking. Li Shimin did such a thing, and the result was that his children and grandchildren were driven to Shuzhong like dogs.

Learning to fight a war through training is not the same as learning to fight a war in a war. The Second Division actually performed very well in training, but when it came to the battlefield, it was blind when it encountered problems that it had not encountered in normal times. Not to mention, the bloody on the battlefield puts psychological pressure on recruits.

Hina, who has never seen blood, has experienced such a brutal battle when she first enters the battlefield, and panicking is almost an instinctive human reaction.

This is not the case with the Japanese people, the four words of courage and ruthlessness are instilled in everyone's bones. The strong have everything, and the weak can only be bullied. The four words of the law of the jungle are an unbreakable truth in the Japanese country.

War can bring everything to the Japanese people, money, wealth, honor, status. On the battlefield, these people sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, and in the final stage of the Battle of Mumbai, the resilience shown by the Japanese army made Li Xiao amazed.

Such an alien army lived next to Daming's couch. One day, Da Ming can't suppress these enemies who are more ferocious than jackals, and the consequences will be ......!

This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, and in the future, the Japanese people will go to the sea to fish, and it will be good to go ashore and cultivate land. That is, if you don't go to the battlefield again, if a generation does not go to the battlefield, the character of the Japanese people will be much calmer. If two generations do not go to the battlefield, the martial spirit of the Japanese people will collapse. If three generations don't go to war, then they will most likely never be able to hold a knife again.

Right! Immediately disarm the Japanese people, let them farm happily and fish happily. It would be better to dethrone even their education, and ordinary people can count to ten. Aristocrats can know a hundred and ten words, even if they are masters of Chinese studies.

It's best if they're like the North Koreans, who are drunk all day long. That's what a client state should be! His damn is more iron-blooded and brave than the Ming army, can Lao Tzu not think nonsense?

Thinking about this layer, there is a feeling of sudden opening in my mind. With this feeling comes endless exhaustion. Closing his eyes and covering him with a blanket, Li Xiao decided to sleep for a while.

I don't know how long I slept, but I was suddenly woken up by the sound of the siren on the ship.

"What's going on?" Li Xiao rolled over and pulled out the revolver casually.

"Handsome! The warship that found Wu Sangui at sea was an ironclad ship. Junko opened the hatch with a nervous face.

After all, this is in the sea, and if something goes wrong with the ship, even the big handsome can't put on his wings and fly out. In addition, there is a wind and waves on the surface of the sea, and the small sampan will go down into the sea, and it will be pressed to the bottom of the sea by the huge waves like mountains.

"What are you afraid of, isn't it an ironclad? We are also ironclads, or two. Li Xiao straightened his collar, inserted the gun and walked out of the cabin door. During the attack on Mumbai, the enemy's ironclad ships hid and disappeared. Li Xiao worried for a long time, for fear that halfway through the landing, the enemy warships pounced.

Unexpectedly, until the end of the Battle of Mumbai, the enemy navy was not seen. I have to say, these guys are very tolerant. As a result of their patience, they ran here to intercept the Ming transport. Unexpectedly, this time he encountered two powerful ironclad ships.

When he came to Jianqiao, Deng Yongchang hurriedly saluted Li Xiao!

"Don't be polite at this time! You command well, I want to see what is the difference between the battle of this ironclad ship on the sea and the fight of the red-haired ghost on the sailboat. "I haven't been to sea for so many years, and Li Xiao has really never seen a naval artillery confrontation between ironclad ships.

"Handsome! On the opposite side are three ironclad ships of the Indian Navy, the names of which are unknown! Now, judging by the results of the lookout, they should be the first generation of old ironclads. You see that their ship has three large chimneys, which means that they have six pairs of boilers.

Our Zhiyuan and Laiyuan, which accompany the voyage, are all eight boilers. And after redesign, our ship has only one chimney, which greatly increases the deck area. In terms of firepower, we are stronger than them, and in terms of mobility, they cannot compare. Although Li Xiao did not use Deng Yongchang to report, Deng Yongchang still made a brief report to Li Xiao. The words were full of disdain, and it seemed that he did not look down on the two ships opposite at all.

"The lion and the rabbit also need to use all their strength to carefully sail the ship of ten thousand years at sea. Don't be careless! Now you're in command, and I'm not there. Li Xiao reminded Deng Yongchang that Lao Tzu was on the battleship and would never allow accidents.

"No!" After Deng Yongchang made a promise, he stepped into the command position.

"Left rudder three! Speed Six! Whispered to Laiyuan, saying that we should use a one-line formation to cut their bow horizontally. Deng Yongchang stepped into the command position, as if he had changed a person, calmly issuing orders.

"Left rudder three! Speed Six! Whispered to Laiyuan, saying that we should use a one-line formation to cut their bow horizontally. ”

After Deng Yongchang finished speaking, a soldier in charge of the order followed loudly to say a word to the microphone. All the officers and men of the ship could hear Deng Yongchang's order from the loudspeakers.

Li Xiao felt his body throw to the right violently, but fortunately the chair he was sitting on was firmly welded to the deck, otherwise it would be ugly if he was thrown out.

The waves flew straight onto the deck, hitting the huge windshield and sending countless droplets of water. A flash of lightning suddenly struck the sky, and a fork-shaped purple lightning struck the sea, sending out a puff of green smoke. The wind blew the sea as if it were boiling at once, and a large wave surged around the battleship.

The raindrops the size of beans smashed directly on the glass of Jianqiao, making a "crackling" sound. Two soldiers, constantly shaking a wheel-like handle. Two huge wipers, driven by gears, wiped away the raindrops one by one.

If in the past, madmen would tear each other apart under such a big storm and waves. Hurry up and avoid the thunderous power of God and save your life is the right thing to do.

As the sailor's oldest enemy, the storm devours an unknown number of lives with its furious power. Times have really changed, and the big battle between ironclad ships can already ignore a storm of this level.

Light communication has been widely used as a means of communication among Ming warships. And Wu Sangui's battleship has no electricity, of course they can't use this means. I don't know how they conveyed the message, maybe when fighting, they could only rely on the tacit understanding between the captains.

Two ships against three ships, the Ming battleship did not have the slightest timidity. The battleship cut through the waves, drew an arc, and the battleship cut horizontally in the direction of the bow of the Indian battleship one after the other.

Of course, Li Xiao understood the intention of this tactic, which was actually to use the side chords of his own warship to face the bow of the local warship. If the Indian battleships happened to be in a straight formation, the two front main guns would have to face hundreds of enemy guns.

No matter what probability is used, the coverage fire of hundreds of guns will have a greater hit rate than two guns. If it happens to be your own front main gun that hits the foredeck of the Indian battleship, the explosive cannonball with great power can directly lift the opponent's turret. The thick cannon shield is like a slag in front of a 380 mm caliber shell.

Relying on the battleship's two more boilers, the Zhiyuan raised its speed to the extreme. The battleship managed to get rid of the tail of the Indian battleship and occupied a favorable cross-cutting position.

The Indian ironclad ship was at full throttle like a mad cow, and the smoke from the three chimneys under the rain curtain was still clearly visible. A bolt of lightning crossed the sea, and under the illumination of lightning, Deng Yongchang roared: "Fire!" ”

The side of the Zhiyuan ship, coupled with the main guns, opened fire almost at the same time as the order was given. Large puffs of smoke erupted from the side of the battleship, but it was soon diluted by the wind and rain.

Less than a minute after the Zhiyuan ship opened fire, the guns on the Laiyuan ship also rang out. It can be seen that the cooperation of the captains of the Ming Navy is quite tacit.

It was difficult to hit the target in the first round of shelling, especially in such a strong wind and waves, and the battleship was very turbulent, and it was even more difficult to hit the target.

In the telescope, there were columns of water around the Indian warship, but not a single shell landed on the opponent's deck. Deng Yongchang glanced at Li Xiao carefully, and when he saw that Li Xiao was also holding a telescope to look at the other side, he couldn't help but sigh. What a good opportunity to show his face, just damn missed it.

Suddenly, an orange flash of fire flashed on the battleship opposite.

It is clear that the salvo of the Laiyuan hit the target.

This time, Deng Yongchang's face became even more ugly.

"Reload, correct aim, free fire." The caliber of the guns on the ship is different, and the front and rear two triple main guns, because the caliber of the shells is large, and the loading will be slower. Those 120mm guns, reload much faster. Most of the time, they fired three shots before the main gun was reloaded.

For a while, the gunners roared loudly, and the gunners shoved the shells into the barrels of the guns as fast as they could, and fired them at the enemy ships.

Soon, the bow of the Indian warship rose a second, third, fourth fire. Zhiyuan and Laiyuan are both shooting freely, and they don't know who hit them. Shooting on such a bumpy sea surface is somewhat of a stroke of luck in hitting the target.

The bow is the strongest part of a warship, and it is far from the vital parts. Despite four successive hits of 120-millimeter shells, the speed of the Indian warship did not slow down in the slightest. It's just that the front main gun was blown up, so they also had to turn the rudder, turn the ship sideways, and use the side guns to shoot at the Ming battleship.

It was just aimed at the bow salvo, the target at the bow of the ship was relatively small, and the distance was farther, and Deng Yongchang, who had a low hit rate, was a little embarrassed. Now you're looking for death when you turn the hull of the Indian warship sideways. The triple main gun of the Zhiyuan ship bombarded it directly!

A shell drilled directly into the side of the Indian warship, which was a 380 mm main gun shell. The solid armor was torn straight away, and the shells rushed into the boiler room with a loud bang. The smoke column rises more than 100 meters high!

In the smoke of gunfire, the Indian warship was almost broken in two, and in the pouring rain and thick smoke, the Indian warship slowly sank.