Chapter 256: Grape Man: Surrender quickly is a fine tradition of our Westerners.
"Well, is there anyone who killed us!"
"Kill our three brothers, and the sixth brother will let me cut him!"
"Hehe, it's too cheap to cut him, we have something more fun."
In the sea area where the battle was fought just now, dozens of warships were docked there in a circle.
On the deck of a warship, a group of white-skinned pigs and black slaves, with their hands tied behind their backs, knelt in rows tremblingly.
Daming naval soldiers in naval uniforms, with the crew of Zheng He's fleet, identified the murderers one by one.
Anyone who injured the Ming army was bound with heavy objects and bled and thrown into the sea.
As for the rest, they will be brought back to Daming, where they will be interrogated by professional personnel to obtain information about the other country.
Of course, that doesn't include the commanders.
The commander, as an upper-level figure, must know more, and it would be a pity to kill him.
Although the crew hated these guys and gritted their teeth, this was an order from Zheng He, and they didn't dare to disobey it.
on the flagship of the sixth formation of the Navy.
Looking at the brand-new battleship and the cannon that emitted a cold light, Zheng He felt a sigh of emotion in his heart.
If you bring this kind of fleet, how can you be beaten so embarrassed, not to mention destroying that grape country, overturning their navy to blockade the sea area, it's still no problem.
Zheng He feels that today is his lucky day.
With grief, when they accelerated towards Daming, they directly bumped into the sixth formation of the Navy that was patrolling.
At first, both sides were stunned for a moment.
Zheng He couldn't figure out how to meet the Ming warship here.
If he remembers correctly, this place should be far, far away from Daming.
Zheng He was puzzled, and the other side was equally puzzled.
In this area of the waters of the three kingdoms of Afghanistan, it seems that they are the only ones cruising with the Daming fleet. Where did the fleet with the tattered Ming army flag and the old warships on the opposite side come from? And it looks like he's still being hunted down.
What made them even more puzzled was that there were also a few Ming warships chasing and killing behind.
Although the flag hung on it is not Daming's, as the Ming Navy, they can still recognize the old warships they once had.
Although he had doubts in his heart, the commander of the sixth formation still gave an order to be vigilant.
But as the two parties got closer, they gradually saw each other's clothes from the telescope.
On one side, he was wearing a very majestic Daming naval uniform, and on the other side, although his clothes were a little tattered, he could still see that it was the Ming Dynasty's outfit.
In addition, the other party's skin color is the same as their own, so both parties can temporarily determine that the other party is Mingren.
As the two sides got closer, the faces in the telescope were also clearly visible.
The first to recognize the other party was the commander of the sixth formation on the navy's side.
He used to be the captain of a battleship under Zheng He, so he recognized Zheng He at a glance.
When he saw the former top boss, now embarrassed, the commander's heart boiled with anger.
In his life, there were only two people he admired the most.
The first is to bring supreme glory to their navy, His Royal Highness Taisun.
The second is Zheng He, who went to the West to spread the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.
One of the people he admired the most, now embarrassed like this, and it seemed that he had a broken arm, how could he not be angry.
Identities were confirmed, and the two fleets quickly mixed together.
Zheng He ignored the pain of his wound and boarded the naval warship in a small boat.
As soon as the two parties met, Zheng He didn't say a word, grabbed the commander's hand, and roared with tears.
"Brothers, help, go save my brothers!"
Zheng He then explained the general situation of the matter in short words, and pointed out that the fleet with the Ming warships behind was the enemy.
When he learned that the brothers who had gone to sea together were breaking off in the rear, the commander did not say a word, and directly ordered the fleet, which had been on standby for a long time, to launch an attack on the Grape Man fleet, which had been slowly slowing down.
The range of naval artillery, with the addition of new guns and subsequent improvements, has been greatly improved.
The maximum firing range of the original medium artillery was only about four miles, and the maximum charge of the heavy artillery at the bow could only reach 7~8 miles.
And with the improvement of artillery and gunpowder, this range has been greatly increased.
The range of medium artillery now equipped by the Navy is close to that of the heavy artillery of the past. Even in the case of the maximum charge, it can hit a distance of nine miles.
The heavy guns in the bow and stern of the ship, with full charge, made a terrifying distance of 13 miles in the test field.
However, this is only the experimental distance, and it is impossible for all the real combat artillery to be the maximum charge.
So the normal firing distance of the navy is in the distance of six to nine miles.
The warships that have been adrift overseas all the year round are an important weapon to deter colonies, and Zhu Zhangui and the old man attach great importance to this.
So the warships equipped to them are the best, newest and biggest.
For example, the command flagship of the sixth formation, its size has already surpassed, the Fu ship of Zheng He's flagship.
The entire battleship was fully loaded with guns, and it was possible to assemble 129 guns.
The remaining seven frigates, although not as terrifying as the command ships, are equipped with more guns than the original old warships.
Moreover, according to the improvement and design of the shipyard, the huge size of the new warship not only did not reduce the speed, but increased by a few points.
This sea giant covered in a fire hedgehog is like rubbing a chicken when facing a fleet with only a few old guns.
The confident commander directly ordered the battleship to catch up and shoot at close range.
Eight battleships fired a salvo on each side of the two sides, and the Grape Man was beaten directly and could not find the north.
Then it's a mess of running away.
How could the commander of the prey who reached his mouth let him run, and he was an enemy stained with the blood of his comrades.
Let the other party run, how can he face those desperate brothers and the families of the dead brothers.
The battleship followed closely behind, and the heavy artillery in front of it bombarded wildly.
When the two sides approached the three ships that were fighting, the Grape People looked at the Ming Navy warship that came up from the side and surrounded them, and directly raised the white flag in despair.
The main fleet surrendered, and the other two ships that fought the shirtless battleship also chose to raise their hands and surrender.
I have to say that the Westerners are quite decisive in surrendering.
There is no desperate idea at all, he will surrender when he says he surrenders, the one who kneels is called neat, and the one who raises his hand is called a high, for fear that the Ming army will not see him surrender and cut him down by mistake.
And then there's what happened just now.
"I haven't been at home in the past few years, and it seems that my family has changed a lot!"
Zheng He, who was asking the medical officer to change the dressing, couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the naval soldiers wearing crisp military uniforms and changing the dressing and delivering food to the brothers in the fleet.
The commander beside him who accompanied him couldn't help but show off proudly when he heard the words.
"Of course!"
"Zheng Tou, you don't know, our navy has been beautiful in the past few years!"
As Zheng He's former subordinate, the commander of the sixth formation is still used to calling Zheng He his head.
Hearing what the commander said, the captains of Zheng He's fleet were all interested, urging the commander one by one to hurry up and talk about it.
I saw the expectant eyes of the old brothers.
The little vanity in the commander's heart was satisfied, and he coughed dryly and turned to everyone.
"Not long after you left, our navy was replaced with artillery!"
Patting the artillery beside him, the commander said proudly.
"This thing is very good, you have all seen the power just now, hitting these battleships without artillery is like hammering chickens, one by one."
Thinking of the shocking scene of the artillery salvo of the sixth formation just now, the captains drooled with envy one by one.
Damn, if I knew that the navy was equipped with such a good weapon in the later period, they should have left later.
If they were armed to the teeth like the navy, how could they be bullied so badly by those white-skinned pigs.
Looking at the envious eyes of the former old brother, the commander felt a little relieved, and then continued to say.
"But that's the old model, and now our ship is equipped with a second-generation model, which has a longer range and is more powerful!"
"And we've got a new gadget, a weapon for melee combat!"
As he spoke, the officer pulled out the revolver at his waist, turned it in a handsome circle, aimed at the sea in the distance, and pulled the trigger continuously.
With a thudding sound, under the envious expressions of the old brothers, they blew the smoke from the muzzle of the gun.
"Holy shit, good thing!"
A captain who had a good relationship with the commander rushed up and snatched the revolver.
Zheng He, who had bandaged his wounds, was also interested.
He saw that the medic who was bandaging him next to him also had a revolver stuck in his waist, so he borrowed it from him and played with it in his hand.
The commander, who handed the revolver to the good brother to watch, walked up to Zheng He and introduced him.
"This is the second-generation pistol, the full name is the Yongle 14 officer defense pistol, and only 100 people or special professions can wear it."
"There are several models of this gun, one is equipped for the army, the main function is to prevent sand and dust, and the equipment for our navy is to prevent seawater corrosion, and I heard that the cavalry side is a strengthened version, but I haven't seen it!"
As he spoke, he beckoned to a soldier on duty next to him, who stepped forward and handed him his rifle.
Zheng He and the captains around him also looked at the new musket in the commander's hand.
"This is a second-generation rifle, a breech-loading rifle, which is less troublesome than a front-loading smoothbore gun, and it has also increased a lot in terms of range accuracy."
As he introduced, the commander pulled the bolt of the gun, took the bullet handed by the soldier, and tapped the trigger at the sea.
Then he handed the gun to Zheng He and the others, and said with a smile when they were studying: "But the current production of this thing is still small, and it is mainly equipped with the Shenji Battalion and the Palace Guard, and the marines on our navy side still use the first-generation smoothbore gun." ”
"I was able to get a batch of them because I had to patrol the colonial waters and regularly clean up pirates."
In the following time, the commander talked about several colonial wars launched by the Ming Dynasty after Zheng He and others left.
However, the commander didn't even mention the matter of the Wa Kingdom.
Both the navy and the Shenji battalion were given a gag order, and no one was allowed to mention what was happening in the Wa Kingdom.
Although Zheng He and the others are their own people, after all, they have been away for so many years, and it is better not to know the situation in the DPRK and China, so as not to cause trouble.
"I didn't expect us to leave for a few years and miss so much!"
After listening to the commander explain what has happened in the past few years, Zheng He felt a little regretful in his heart.
Knowing that so many things would happen, and the armaments of the imperial court were updated so quickly, he should not have left in such a hurry in the first place, but waited for a few more years.
"Yes, Zheng Tou, you really missed a lot."
The commander nodded approvingly, and then couldn't help showing off, and showed off to the captains around him: "In the past few years of war, our brothers have also made a lot of money, Jiang Tou and Li Tou have been knighted, and their brothers have also made a fortune because of the reward for their military exploits. ”
"Many brothers' old houses have been overbuilt, and I heard that some brothers' families have even let them take several concubines in order to spread their branches! In order to reassure their parents that they can hold their grandson, they choke those bastards every night. ”
Hearing this guy's show-off, Zheng He was nothing, he was a eunuch who didn't have any need for these.
But the other captains couldn't stand it.
I have been sailing at sea for several years, being exposed to the wind and sun every day, hungry and full, and facing natural disasters that can take my life at any time, and my life is miserable.
I thought of returning with the glory of going around the world, but I didn't expect that before I got home, I learned that the old brothers who stayed at home were all developed.
This feeling is like a good friend who grew up, some went out to start a business, and some worked as a farmer at home.
People who go out to start a business, after making a small amount of money, get some glory, and think that they can go back and have a good time.
You can go home and take a look.
The little friends who stayed in the village to farm built a villa, drove a sports car, married a beautiful daughter-in-law, and had a few model lovers in private.
This Nima, the friendship can't last.
"Damn, I can't stand this kid anymore, beat him!"
The sour captains who were showing off were beaten up by pounce on the commander and pressed him.
The surrounding navies didn't care about this, but smiled and watched their heads being beaten, and even shouted loudly to cheer for them.
Looking at the men who were fighting in one piece, Zheng He, who had no smile on his face since the battle with Western countries, showed a smile on the corner of his mouth.
It feels so good to be home.
At the same time, in his heart, he silently said to those brothers who died in the West.
"Brothers, I'm home, our Daming is stronger, you wait, in less than a year, I will set off again, with a more powerful warship, take you home, and avenge you!"