The bilge of the Golden Griffin, the black hole of the cannon barrel spit out flames, and the cannonballs flew towards Zheng He like meteors.

At this distance, there is almost no need to aim, because the target is too big.

Under the fierce bombardment, the ship Zheng He was on the side...... was smashed out of the pits one by one.

Yes, a shell smashed out a pit!

That's all......

Zhu Qizhen is very angry!

Why?

My ship is worth 30,000,000 taels of silver.

Do you deserve to smash it?

"Turn the rudder right!"

"Lower the sails!"

"Artillery camp ready!"

As a series of orders were passed on, everyone was acting in a tense and orderly manner.

Zheng He finally opened its fangs, the two full layers of gun ports in the bilge opened, and countless gun barrels poked out of the hull, like a giant beast from the deep sea, and the oncoming sense of oppression was almost suffocating.

Charlemagne couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, only to feel his brain buzzing.

This...... How to fight?

It's like a seven or eight-year-old naughty boy with a stick in his hand, but a two-meter strong man wearing armor and holding a machete came from the opposite side, and he was still hairy!

The ironclad ship of the Ming Dynasty turned out to be like this!

At the beginning, Prussia got the blueprints of the ironclad ship, which caused an uproar.

The Eastern Romans thought that their seafaring skills were far superior to those of the great, and they did not believe that this could be achieved in the face of such unbelievable technology.

There were even some aristocrats who took advantage of this to attack Prussia, believing him to be a grandstanding clown.

Today, Charlemagne finally realizes that the original ...... The clown turned out to be himself!

What to do?

He smiled bitterly, but he knew very well in his heart that he had no choice but to fight now.

If you don't fight, you'll die.

At least a little bit of a dying struggle......

"Soldiers of the Holy Empire of Eastern Rome!"

Charlemagne forced his composure and shouted: "God Almighty has chosen us, here today, let us fight for the glory of the Holy Empire of Eastern Rome, take up your weapons, and fight the devils from the East!" ”

Bang!

Bang!

Charlemagne's pre-war mobilization had not yet ended, when he heard the sound of heavy artillery fire from the front.

He looked up and saw the black holes of the guns on the opposite side of the ship all spewing fire.

Countless cannonballs whistled like stars!

Bang!

The first shell hit accurately, exploded, and sawdust flew across the bow of the ship, screaming and screaming.

This is not a solid iron lump, but a flowering bomb that has been continuously improved by the Academy of Sciences and Wang Gong's factory.

Bang!

Bang!

Shells continued to hit, and the Golden Gryphon immediately became full of holes and flames.

The soldiers on the ship have long lost their fighting spirit, and they want to flee for their lives, but where can they escape on the ship......

As soon as the sea breeze blew, the fire swept through the entire ship in an instant, and then the hull began to tilt and slowly sink into the icy water.

Bang!

Bang!

As soon as the first round of attacks ended, the second round began.

Huge explosions rang out one after another, and in the brilliant flames, the Golden Gryphon instantly turned to ashes and completely disappeared from this world.

The soldiers on the other ships were stunned.

They are the navy, and they are the best at naval warfare, compared to tactics, compared to positioning, compared to ship performance, more than sailors' skills, more than artillery power...... However, in front of this huge ironclad ship, all in vain.

In the face of absolute strength, any technique and tactics are meaningless.

Bang!

Bang!

On the side of Zheng He's ship, the muzzle of the black hole kept spitting out tongues of fire, and for a while, the sea was on fire, and the warships of the Eastern Roman Empire disappeared one by one.

The battle situation has reached this point, and it can no longer be described as a victory or defeat.

But...... Crush!

Those boats, which had been fine a second ago, suddenly disappeared.

Even when they were preparing for the ambush, they were still fantasizing that after defeating the ships of the Ming army, they would see those orientals jumping into the sea for help.

Now, there are indeed a lot of people struggling in the sea......

Woo –

The huge steam engine let out a low roar, black smoke continued to rise from the chimney, and the ironclad ships began to speed up, rushing towards the Eastern Roman fleet, and the guns on the side of the ships continued to spit out tongues of fire, destroying one fleet after another.

The Eastern Roman fleet was powerless at all, and even if a few guns responded, at most, a few holes were smashed into the steel hull.

Woo - woo -

The roar grew faster and faster, and the ironclad began to speed up, charging directly towards the densest part of the Eastern Roman fleet.

The huge hull of the ship even brought a whirlpool, so that the opposing ship had nowhere to escape.

Bang!

The Eastern Romans on board watched as the huge steel battleship crashed over, like slicing tofu, directly smashing a medium-sized battleship to pieces.

Countless people wailed and fell into the sea, and many more did not even have a chance to wail......

The battle has reached this stage and has become a one-sided slaughter.

The ironclad ships are on a rampage, and they are simply unscrupulous.

Yes, unscrupulous, because people really have nothing to be afraid of.

Than what, artillery?

You hit it, a pit.

People are coming with a shot, and your ship is gone!

than armor?

Then there is no need to compare......

What else can it be compared to, compared to boating skills?

In the face of absolute strength, the so-called technology is so ridiculous......

All-round crushing, yes, unscrupulous!

The sea has become a hell on earth, and wherever the ironclad ship passes, it brings only destruction.

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The battle was over, and the Eastern Roman fleet was wiped out.

The Ming army began to clean up the battlefield, and Jin Ying smiled happily and trotted forward to report the battle situation.

"Your Majesty, more than 3,000 enemies were destroyed in this battle and 42 people were captured."

Zhu Qizhen was not satisfied with this result and asked, "Why are there still prisoners?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the enemy troops on the ship have been wiped out, and as for the forty-two prisoners, they were captured by General Zhang."

"Zhang Mao?"

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly asked: "Where is the person, let him come and see me quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

Jin Yingsan had to walk away in a daze, and after a while, Zhang Mao stepped forward to see the driver.

"Minister Zhang Mao knocks to see the emperor!"

"Get up, please!"

Zhu Qizhen raised his hand to signal, and then asked, "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Zhang Mao immediately reconnoitred himself to the opponent's base, took advantage of the foggy day to raid, and then was pursued by enemy ships, and finally was trapped on this small island of five, and said it back and forth.

"The minister attacked rashly, and almost missed the fighter, the minister ...... Please! ”

"What crime please?"

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said, "I told you at the beginning that you are not going to scout when you are in the vanguard, but when it is time to attack, you must attack decisively, and you must not hesitate." ”

"Yes......"

Zhang Mao saw that the emperor did not punish him, and his heart was even more uneasy.

If the ironclad comes a few days late, I am afraid that I will be trapped on the island.

Or, instead of ironclads, other warships were ambushed by Charlemagne's fleet, and it is difficult to say whether the battle will be won or lost.

"I heard you captured more than forty captives?"

Zhang Mao hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, one of them is called Wells, he is an officer, and his status is not low, the minister thinks that he must know the whereabouts of the ironclad ship drawings!" ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Bring it here, I'll take a look!" ”

Zhang Mao walked out and said hello, and then Wells was kidnapped and escorted in.

"Get on your knees!"

Zhang Mao kicked him from behind, and Wells involuntarily fell to his knees.

"God will not forgive you, evil devil of the East!"

"Yo, I can speak Chinese!"

Hearing this broken Chinese, Zhu Qizhen was immediately happy, and then asked, "Tell me, what is your name and what position is in the army?" ”

"Humph!"

Wells snorted coldly and turned his head away, looking uncooperative.

Zhang Mao was immediately furious, slapped him in the face, and turned his head again.

"The emperor asked you something!"

"Your Majesty?"

A look of shock appeared on Wales' face, and he asked, "Are you the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Yes, it's like a fake!"

"Really...... It's incredible......"

"What's incredible?"

"Didn't the emperor of the Ming Dynasty stay in the castle of purple gold? How could he personally go to sea to fight? ”

Zhu Qizhen felt funny, this guy seems to have studied Daming, but the Forbidden City is not a purple city, and the emperor can also be conquered in person.

Especially without saying goodbye, it's so exciting!

"I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and this time I went to sea to get back what you stole from, what should you know?"

"What?"

Wells shook his head, pretending not to know.

"And garlic!"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly sank down and asked, "I came to ask you, was ...... Prussia, yes, the one called Prussia, stole the blueprints of the ironclad ship, where are the drawings now? ”

"I ......"

Wells shook his head and said, "I don't know! ”

Zhu Qizhen was not so patient, so he waved his hand directly and said, "Drag it out, chop it up and feed the fish!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Mao picked up Wells and walked out, which frightened Wells and hurriedly shouted, "Wait a minute, wait a minute!" ”

In his expectation, since the Ming Emperor came for the drawings, he, as the only remaining senior officer, should be taken seriously.

Maybe you can use this as a bargaining chip in exchange for some conditions.

However, people don't plan to think about it at all......

Zhang Mao slammed hard, threw him on the ground, pouted and said, "Hurry up what you want to say, this is your last chance!" ”

Wales's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly said: "The drawings are on the island of Ceylon!" ”

"...... of Ceylon"

Zhu Qizhen couldn't remember this place for a while, and when Jin Ying saw this, he hurriedly opened the map.

Pointing to one of the large islands, Wales said, "This is the island, where our Queen Dausia is located." ”

Zhu Qizhen looked over, and then suddenly realized that it was Sri Lanka Island in southern India.

"How many people are there on the island of Ceylon?"

"There are twenty-five thousand, all of them the navy of the Holy Empire of Eastern Rome."

Zhu Qizhen said disdainfully: "I can't go back to the house where I was beaten, and it's a holy fart!" ”

Wells subconsciously wanted to refute, but, when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

What people say is the truth, what is there to refute......

Speaking of which, the Ottomans are really good, if it weren't for the underdeveloped navy, Queen Dosia wouldn't have been able to escape.

I thought that after accumulating strength in the East and growing stronger, I would wait for an opportunity to recapture Constantinople, but all my dreams collapsed at this moment!

The ironclad is terrifying!

What's even more terrifying is that people actually made it!

On that island, he could see clearly that the huge steel monster let out a terrifying roar and easily destroyed a fleet.

At that moment, he felt extremely hopeless.

It turns out that those drawings are not fantastical, just imagine what it would be like if this ship was made by the Eastern Romans.

However, there are no ifs and ......

God doesn't look out for himself, or is it ...... God is dead!

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Jin Ying, have all the ships of Eastern Rome been destroyed?" ”

Jin Ying replied: "There was a fierce battle just now, and all of them were destroyed, but when a small warship was found on the periphery and hoisted a white flag, there was no waste of artillery fire. ”

When Wells heard this, he said, "That's the Flying Shark, it's a reconnaissance ship, it's fast, but it's not equipped with artillery. ”

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "How many people can the Flying Shark carry?" ”

"If it's more than fifty, you can sit down if you're more."

"That's good!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "You take those forty or so captives and take the Flying Shark back to Ceylon Island." ”

"What?"

Wells thought he had misheard and could hardly believe his ears.

Not only him, but Jin Ying and Zhang Mao also showed strange looks, very puzzled.

Zhu Qizhen said disapprenously: "Go back and tell you that the queen lord, she took my things, and now I want to get them back!" ”

Wells hesitated, "Do you really let us go?" ”

He even thought that the other party was playing a game of cat and mouse, let himself go, and when he got on the boat, he suddenly opened fire and enjoyed the thrill of hunting......

Zhu Qizhen didn't want to continue talking nonsense with him, so he waved his hand and motioned for Zhang Mao to take him out.

Zhang Mao understood, picked up Wells and walked out.

"No...... Don't kill me......"

"Who's going to kill you? Didn't you hear the emperor say, let's go! ”

"Huh? Really, really ......"

"Stop the fucking bullshit, get out of here!"

Wells disembarked in a trembling manner, gathered the other captives, and everyone boarded the Flying Shark with a look of horror and confusion.

The ship had a long and narrow hull and was fast, making it suitable for reconnaissance.

Because of this, it is not equipped with artillery, in order to maximize the speed.

The sails were raised and the Flying Shark set sail.

In the huge shadow of the ironclad, slowly, sailing to the west.

Welsh stood in the bow of the ship, looking cautiously to the rear, and he was even ready for the baptism of artillery fire at any time.

He was not at all surprised if the ironclad suddenly opened fire.

However, as the distance grew, the long-awaited artillery was not fired.

Don't......

Wales wondered in his heart, did the other party really let him go?

Why......

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PS: I heard that there is an easter egg chapter, you can send pictures, I don't know what it looks like, is there an update prompt, I'll send it to try, it's roughly the prototype of the Zheng He ironclad ship in my mind.