Chapter Seventy-Six: The Capture of the Ship

However, in Southeast Asia, especially with the Daming sea trade, it was monopolized by the Hui and Han Chinese. The price of the goods here in Java is higher. It's enough to make Javanese people tick.

However, Fang Guan didn't think about this at this moment.

No matter what kind of weapon, he needs it. Even if it's a stick. He wielded the bronze spear. rushed over, desperate, just desperate.

Oh, yes. It's just desperate.

When Fang Guan was a teenager, as Fang Guozhen's sister-in-law, he naturally had to be as much as he was rich, although he also practiced martial arts, it was more about strengthening his body. Even since the surrender of the Ming Dynasty, there have been some political restrictions, but in life, there is no grievance.

What happened now was the most difficult thing for him to spend in this life. The hatred in his heart was so deep that it was naturally needless to say. Not to mention forcing him to eat the corpses of his companions. This kind of unconscionable thing, when Fang Guan did it, how much self-blame, how angry, and how deep hatred he felt at this moment.

For Fang Guan, he is no longer a man. Still afraid of death? He even had some longing for death. However, the premise of death is that today's events can be transmitted back to the Ming Dynasty, at least let people know that someone else died in the king's affairs, and died here in an unknown way, and the family and the court did not know any news. His death was in vain.

Therefore, at this moment, Fang Guan did not care about his life at all.

Even if Fang Guan's martial arts are not high, but in addition to the sudden attack, one person is desperately brave. It's enough for these Javanese to eat a pot.

Of course, a more important reason is that the weather in Java is hot, and Javanese people dress simply and do not wear armor at all. The combat effectiveness of both sides is above a horizontal line.

A bloody battle, not long.

When more than fifty Javanese finished cooking. The rain just stopped, and the sun was shining. Under the sun, the water seemed to disappear visibly to the naked eye, either seeping into the soil or flowing into the river channel on the side. In short, it didn't take an hour. The ground was still wet, but it wasn't muddy.

Fang Guan said: "Now we are in danger, there is no second choice, only one step ahead, immediately seize the ship, and leave here." ”

Immediately, Fang Guan did not let people rest at all, but just took the weapons of the Javanese and rushed directly in the direction of the port.

The city of the Javanese is not big at all. Fang Guan didn't know what it was called. However, the location of the port is visible at a glance. There is no other option today. It can be spotted at any time. Once discovered, I don't know how many Javanese people came.

And they are not familiar with this place either, and it is impossible to have any kind of elaborate plan. It can only be faster, and faster. Hurry up and catch the other party off guard.

The rush of more than a hundred people was soon discovered.

I don't know where the shouts came from, from one person shouting to a group of people shouting. Dozens of people immediately chased after them from behind.

Fang Guan rushed towards the port regardless of it.

There were not many guards on the port, only a few dozen people. After all, for the Javanese, they never thought that the Ming people, who had already died, would fight back. Such a question did not come to mind at all. And the port of Java is also very rudimentary.

When Fang Guan was moored here, he secretly complained. This port, not to mention anything else. Not even a little bit of defense. If nothing else, you should set up a watchtower and arrange a few archers.

It was this contempt that made Fang Guan fall for the tricks of the Javanese, but for the same reason, the Javanese people who trained here fought with Fang Guan and the others almost on flat ground.

Although Fang Guan and these people were weak and injured, none of them took their lives seriously. Like a demon. This fight. It's simply a life for a life. None of the sailors who fought the Javanese survived.

The reason is very simple, they have a lot of wounds on their bodies, as long as they move their hands, their movements will be deformed, and their reactions are not as fast as those of Javanese. The only way to win is if you fight yours and I fight mine. So the short sword and spear stabbed by the Javanese did not cover it at all, but gave it to the other party in the same way.

As a result, a situation was formed.

And this situation is even more demonstrated, what is called husband war, courage also.

In this situation, Fang Guan and the others had the heart of death, the first row of people died, and the second row of people went up, but the Javanese people did not have such courage and determination. When Wu and Yue were at war, the husband ordered the swordsmen of the Yue Kingdom to kill themselves in front of the Wu army. Discouraged Wu Jun. It's the same today. The Javanese would not want to die when they rushed forward, even if they were to die with their opponents. Naturally, he turned around and fled.

Fang Guan immediately took care of the people on board.

The rest were fine sailors. As soon as I got on the ship, there was some confusion at first, after all, it was not on a ship. But after a few moments, they found their respective positions.

Just hoisting the sails, pulling the anchor, and going to sea is not something that can be done in an instant.

It takes time.

And Fang Guan just didn't have time.

In a matter of moments, Javanese swarmed in. One by one, I wanted to rush up along the trestle.

Fang Guan shouted, called a few sailors, and brought out a few boxes from the cabin. When it opened, it was a steel cannon. A real small steel cannon, no taller than a knee. It looks very thin, and it is indeed granted to the expedition team.

Each ship in the fleet had a cannon, which was originally cast.

It's very heavy, and I can't turn my head. And this small steel cannon is the latest technology of the Ministry of Industry.

He Xi's reform in the Ministry of Industry has opened the door to a new world for the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, coupled with the existence of the College of Engineering and Science, it is to introduce mathematical thinking and scientific thinking into the work of craftsmen. So under He Xi's guidance, a new way of casting artillery also appeared.

That is to process the steel with a water hammer, create a shape, and then use a lathe to dig out the barrel from the middle.

It's easy to say, but every step of the way is a problem.

The first problem is that the water hammer is not big enough. It's no problem to process a cuirass, some blades, and so on. But processing cannons, these hundreds of pounds and thousands of pounds of workpieces, you don't even think about it. Therefore, this small steel cannon is the highest technical level of the Ming Dynasty, unless water hammer, has been lathe, and a series of technologies to make breakthroughs, otherwise this small steel cannon is the upper limit.

Don't look at the cannon small. But he is sturdy and has a small cannon body. The caliber is not small. In terms of power, it is not worse than some cannons, but it cannot be far.

Fang Guan hadn't thought about using this before, so he pressed the bottom of the box. The Javanese were interested in the light cargo on the ship, that is, gold, silver and silk, and all kinds of weapons, but they were not interested in food supplies.

And this cannon is in this part of the food supply.

The Javanese did not move out.

I don't know if it's because it's heavy, or if it's because I don't know the goods.

None of that matters, though.

Under the manipulation of Fang Guan, Daming's small steel cannon let out the first roar in Java, knocking out countless scattered bullets, and forcibly knocking the Javanese people out of a fan. No one stood within the fan.

At this moment, the Javanese were suppressed.

A moment later.

The Javanese are even crazier. I don't know if it was because they were worried that what they had done would be exposed, or because they felt that they had lost face, but in short, the Javanese people, under the supervision of a few nobles, stepped forward bravely, regardless of life and death. A part of the Javanese came to the two adjacent ships and seemed to be fiddling with the cannons as well. Other Javanese came up in small boats from all directions.

However, to be honest, the combat effectiveness of the Javanese is just like that.

Compared to playing with firearms, the Ming people are their ancestors. So don't wait for them to fire first. The ship's sailors opened fire. At the sound of cannons, a loud bang suddenly broke out on the approaching ship. The flames of the explosion almost erupted into Fang Guan's ship.

However, they did not abide by the rules of the ship, and put a large amount of gunpowder next to the cannon, which was discovered by the sailors on the ship of Fang Guan, and the cannon passed, ignited the opposite side, and let them sit on the earthen plane. It's just that the ships of both sides are too close.

Even Fang Guan's ship was almost killed.

However, this one was loud. The Javanese were finally suppressed. Fang Guan's ships slowly drove out of the harbor with the concerted efforts of everyone.

For a time, there was thunderous cheer on board.

No matter what they went through, they finally escaped at this moment.

It's just that Fang Guan didn't know that they were still too happy.