Chapter 831: Sudden Change
The Chinese ancestors were really the most industrious and wise people. When it comes to today's China, even without Zhu Su's intervention, all walks of life, economy and culture, compared with Zhuyi from all over the world, are all all-round crushing.
For example, ships, compared with the Ming Dynasty, which can build thousands of treasure ships and sail thousands of miles, other civilizations living under this blue sky are quite primitive: unlike the magnificent atmosphere and sturdiness of the Ming treasure ships, most of the ships of the "Four Yis" seem to be quite shoddy. For example, the ship under Geng Datou's seat is also a rare ship in the Xiyi and the South Seas, which is directly sawn into a square with large wood, and then connected by iron sheets. Compared to the treasure ship, there is nothing sturdy at all.
In addition, the Chinese people have already figured out the technology of using tung oil, hemp tendons and other materials to bridge the gaps and prevent the sea from invading, and most of these ships are only rough and plug the gaps with hay and grass ash, and their sails and rudders are also very simple. The treasure ship fleet of the Ming Dynasty has been equipped with universal sails and spinnakers, and these ships still use primitive one-way sails, which cannot sail against the wind or wind, but can only be used for downwind. In case of headwinds and winds, you can only get off the sails and shake the oars. Therefore, the navigation of these ships is very dependent on wind letters.
Chen Zuyi fled in a hurry, so naturally there was no suitable hyacinth to speak of, and the boat after Geng Da's head was broken was also powered by a rocking oar. However, the work of rocking the oar, but also pay attention to an order to prohibit, the behavior is consistent, if it is not coordinated enough, the ship is out of control, it is also common. When the Fanren disciples who were in charge of rocking the oars saw the big ships of the Ming army chasing after them, they panicked for a moment and lost their proportions, causing the ships to lose control and meet the Ming artillery shells, which was very reasonable.
It's a blessing that it didn't sink immediately.
Fu Puxin, who had an ugly face, could only confess to Chen Zuyi, Chen Zuyi's face was gloomy, but now the situation is critical, it is not the time to investigate the guilt, and manpower is precious, so he can't really sit back and watch Geng Datou's whole ship of people and horses die in the blue waves, and can only pinch his nose and ask Fu Puxin to rescue people from the sinking ship on his own ship, and ordered to his cronies: "Hurry, stop Ming Gouzi." ”
"The Spitfire is breaking off quickly!"
The flame-breathing fleets of Chen Zuyi's cronies on both wings were ordered to break away from the ranks and meet Li Jinglong's treasure fleet. Most of these fire-breathing ships are small boats with narrow hulls, and their purpose is to quickly get close to the enemy ships and spray fierce fire oil to burn the enemy ships, which is quite difficult.
"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy! Don't let the thieves set the ship on fire! ”
It was not necessary for Li Jinglong's ship to display the flag, seeing that the thieves had sent a clipper, the officers and men of the Ming Army's naval division had already begun to race against time to cross the ship. Li Jinglong knew very well the power of the fierce fire oil, even if it was as thick and strong as a treasure ship, it might not be able to withstand that kind of flame, so as soon as the treasure ship was crossed, he hurriedly ordered the cannonball to be fired, and it was necessary to sink the flamethrower before it approached.
There are a lot more guns on the treasure ships that have been crossed, not to mention that Li Jinglong is riveting this time, and the shells of a thousand dollars are sprinkled out as if they don't need money, and the roar of the cannonfire has hardly stopped, and the cost of the first wave of shells alone is not enough to build dozens of Chen Zuyi's fire-breathing ships.
With such a money-burning style, if Chang Mao is here, he will definitely feel palpitations.
It's really not easy for a cannon to hit mosquitoes, but it can't stand up to this cannonball, which is really terrifying. A large wave of shells rained down, and there were always one or two Spitfire boats that were hit by the shells. And as the flamethrower got closer and closer, the Ming side changed to a flowering shell like a tiger squatting cannon. Under the spray of scattered bombs, there were even more fire-breathing boats that were hit, and clusters of flames instantly ignited on the sea.
Spitfires carry oil, and once a cannonball hits the hold and the oil ignites, the ship often becomes a purgatory on the sea. The fire-breathing ship, which was lucky enough to get close to the treasure ship, also aimed its sprinklers at the treasure ship's hull to breathe fire, but it was often bombarded by bows and grenades on the treasure ship.
Chen Zuyi's face was blue and white. After the Spitfire is sunk, the oil drifting on the surface of the sea is often able to burn for a while. What stood in front of him and the Ming army's sailors was such a treacherous wall of fire burning on the sea. This wall of fire, I don't know how many years of looting he has to build into, but now he can't care about being distressed, he just urges his subordinates: "Hurry, hurry!" Hurry up and draw Lao Tzu! ”
There is no room for him not to panic, behind him, there is not only a hell of fire, but also a Shura who may rush out of the sea of fire at any time and completely destroy him.
His ship is a Ming two-masted clipper, not only sometimes with the latest style of the Ming Dynasty's universal sails, not only with sails, but also with many more boats than ordinary ships. This is the ship that Chen Zuyi built for himself at any cost, and with this ship that comes and goes like the wind on the sea, he Chen Zuyi doesn't know how many situations he should have avoided that should have died.
Now, the clipper was at full speed, passing many of his ships like an off-string arrow. Rao is like this, Chen Zuyi still feels like a man's back, he keeps holding the lookout and looking behind him, while still urging: "Hurry up, hurry up......"
Behind him, a great Ming treasure ship sailed out of the sea of fire like an evil beast in the underworld, and the sails were still full of flames...... When Chen Zuyi saw it, he was so frightened that he even sharpened his voice, like a male duck: "Hurry, hurry, hurry......"
"Get out of here, let me come!" Fu Puxin pushed away a South Sea pirate who was rocking the oar, grabbed the oar himself, and began to shake it vigorously. Geng Datou over there saw it, his eyes rolled slightly, and he hurriedly urged the Nanyang pirates to change shifts and shake the oars.
Chen Zuyi saw it and didn't say much. Today, the pirates who were in charge of rocking the oars were already exhausted and out of breath. It was long overdue to change people, but in a panic, he forgot about it.
The Nanyang thieves around Chen Zuyi filled the side of the ship's oar, and as soon as the pirate Fang Fang, who was originally in charge of rocking the oar, left his post, they all sat down sweating profusely. Not to mention, after changing a group of hand-cranked oars, the ship was really a little faster.
"You're good." Chen Zuyi's face was a little pale, and in his busy schedule, he praised Geng Datou. Geng Datou was flattered, hugged his fists and said: "Chen Haiwang praises falsely, the small one is just ......" The voice behind the words gradually became smaller.
"What?" Chen Zuyi didn't hear it clearly, and he didn't think much about it, he subconsciously wanted to get closer, but unexpectedly, Geng Da stumbled, seemed to be unstable under his feet, and suddenly planted towards Chen Zuyi.
(End of chapter)