Chapter 125: The Defeat of King Wulu

With a "bang", the drumsticks struck heavily on the sound of the drum surface, and the sound of shocks was transmitted on the battlefield more than ten miles away.

This sound was a signal, and more than 60 warships sounded the war drums almost at the same time. The Ming ship rushed out of the hidden bay, close to the two warring sides.

In fact, this is the reason why the Coconut King chose to start a war here.

If you look at it from the coast, you would never think that there is a bay here. The outlet of the bay is covered with countless aquatic plants, and from a distance, it looks like vegetation. But in fact, this exit, the water depth is several meters, enough for large ships to pass through. However, because of these aquatic plants, they are easy to get entangled when they get off the oars.

Only locals can know that there is such a place.

"Boom." Louder than the drums was the sound of cannons.

Thirteen cannons, the first to swoop, suppressed the sound of the entire battlefield in an instant. Although these thirteen cannons did not hit any ships at all, they only shot thirteen columns of water in the middle of the sea. But it has already shocked the audience.

Because of the Nanyang in this era, many people can't imagine and can't understand what kind of weapon this is.

It can only be classified as a ghost and a god.

Therefore, these dozen artillery pieces hit morale. The effect is very obvious.

And if it's just started, it's not hurting, it's just scary. And the advantage of the arrangement of the bow of the thirteen guns is also revealed, that is, it is most convenient to fire during the march and in the pursuit. After a minute or so, the second round of artillery was fired again.

A cannonball, smashed into a Javanese ship, forced a hole in the ship, and rolled on several sailors by the way, and blood splattered along the way, which was unbearable.

The morale of this ship suddenly collapsed.

On the one hand, the dead are too miserable.

It's not that these Javanese soldiers have never seen dead people. After all, in this era, death is too simple and too common. Not seeing is the problem. But they had never seen such a miserable death.

Yes, the death of this era, even if it is unexpected, is only to die under the sword, even to be eaten by wild beasts, it is not as miserable as it is now, the whole person is shattered to the ground, the head is flattened, the jagged white bones are exposed, the five abdomen and six organs are thrown on the ground, and even the heart of the body is still trying to contract and beat.

God, who has ever seen this kind of death?

On the other hand, there is the fear of the unknown. I just feel that this is the devil's means, not the devil, how can this be. And how can they overcome the devil. That is the enemy that Shiva's great power can overcome.

King Wulu will not be as uninformed as his men.

The corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and he suddenly understood what King Xi had done, and secretly said in his heart: "My good son-in-law." Good son-in-law. Not worthy to be Javanese. ”

This situation is linked to the battle report he read at the beginning, and the person who came was naturally Mingren. He immediately hated the king of the west and felt that he had betrayed the Javanese people.

I'm sorry, but for the West King, and now the Coconut King, this is not much of a psychological burden. You must know that the so-called national consciousness of the Javanese people gradually emerged under the colonial oppression of the Dutch. Now, the Majapahit Dynasty has the intention to unite Java into one, and King Wulu did the same.

But not all Javanese think this way.

Very simple.

Analogous to the Han Dynasty, even though the Han Dynasty has been unified for a long time. People's self-perception is not that they are Han. But the Zhao people, the Yan people, the Wu people, etc., when the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, many people went to fight Chang'an for their loyalty to their monarchs. There was no psychological discomfort.

The Majapahit Dynasty has only unified Java for about a hundred years, not to mention, the Majapahit Dynasty's rule over Java is far less stable than that of the Han Dynasty. In this case, how much does the coconut king himself know that he is Javanese? And not the Coconut City people?

What betrayal does not betray? Could it be that the founder of the Majapahit did it, and he couldn't do it?

King Wulu didn't have time for anything else. So an order was given, and the army turned around.

It's just that as soon as the King of the West fought with the Daming Water Division, he immediately retreated, knowing that he was invincible. The same is true today. Under the command of Fang Guan, the Ming fleet ignored it and rushed directly towards the Wulu Throne ship.

This ship is the largest of all ships. It is also the most conspicuous.

In an instant, the place where King Wulu was located became the center of the battlefield.

In fact, the best way to improve the ability of generals is to fight. A better approach is to win the battle.

This is the case with Fang Guan. If a year ago, Fang Guan's naval combat ability was still empty, it was more with the help of the Fang family's connections and Fang Guozhen's remaining shade. But that's no longer the case. Now Fang Guan has experienced life and death, especially the last defeat of the King of the West.

The situation of this war today is almost a copy of the previous war.

The Javanese fleet has not been substantially improved, only a little more numerous, but now it is shared by allies. The last time he resisted the enemy for the first time, Fang Guan was still a little in a hurry. After I went back, I only felt that it was not done well here, and where it was not done well.

After a lot of thinking and refinement. Now once you do it, it's even more powerful than before.

The most powerful thing is not, artillery. Or a fire cabinet.

Because the gunpowder of the Ming army had to be transported from Fujian and Guangzhou, the cost was relatively high and expensive, but the fierce fire oil of Yaqi was different. Because of the proximity to the place of origin, and the Archi people were of little use, they only used them to light lamps. Cheap for large quantities.

And most importantly, Fang Guan found that Java seemed to lack the will and ability to attack with fire.

Water warfare is based on fire attack. Whether it is the Battle of Chibi in the Three Kingdoms or the Battle of Poyang Lake more than 20 years ago. All speak of this, only if the ship is still made of wood, this point will not become obsolete. But the Javanese don't seem to have that will. Or didn't think of it.

Maybe it's because Java is hot, but it's humid, and many times the fire can't be lit.

Because of this, Fang Guan dared to use the fire cabinet boldly. The firebox is not a new firearm for China, and it is even very old, it is a water tank, which is filled with fire oil, and then uses pressure to spray the fire oil out. Ignite. can set fire to the opponent's ship.

The reason why it has not been popular in the Central Plains.

On the one hand, kerosene is very expensive. A lot of so-called fire oil is vegetable oil, that is, oil that people eat. Think about how expensive these oils were in ancient times when many people couldn't get enough to eat.

Another reason is that it is too easy to get out of control.

Because the water war is based on fire attack, the two sides of the water war are extremely desperate to find a way to burn each other's ships, not to mention anything else, the simplest rocket, anyone will use it. And the fire cabinet is a thing, one is not good to be ignited by a rocket, whether it is to burn others, or to burn yourself.

But now, both of these factors have been resolved.

Fang Guan's decision gave Da Ming an unparalleled advantage on the battlefield.

I saw the ship rushing to the front, and it was easy to say that two fire dragons on both sides spewed out, and immediately ignited the sails on the opposite side, and all the ships were ignited into a raging fire. One by one, the people of these boats jumped into the water to survive. Fortunately, naval battles are now fought near the coastline, and you only need to swim for a while to get ashore.

You can't usually die.

At this time, King Wulu's subordinates had already begun to panic. And the coconut king saw the opportunity to start a counterattack at this time. For a time, King Wulu was attacked on his back.

The king of the east boarded the ship of King Wulu and said, "Father, the general trend has gone, let's go quickly." If you don't leave, it's too late. ”

How could King Wulu not know the form of the battlefield. Defeat is decided.

At this moment, King Wulu was like an ordinary old man, and said; "Do you know what it means for me to leave at this time?"

King Wulu couldn't have understood better, it meant that his time was over. A new era has begun. East Java vs. West Java war. It's officially begun. The empire that he wanted to maintain, which had been passed down from his grandmother to his hands.

Right before his eyes, not after his death, fell apart.

He didn't know how to face the kings of the past generations, let alone how to face himself. He has been strong all his life, and he has seen many winds and waves, and finally folded here.

He himself thought it was ridiculous.