Pirates dared to attack warships, mainly because the difference between armed merchant ships and warships in this era was not obvious, and it was even said that in this era, merchant ships without any defense did not exist.

Even the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty are also equipped with a large number of artillery, and there are many merchant ships belonging to the Liaodong Ocean Shipping Company, which are directly equipped with rocket artillery and bowl mouth guns and tiger squat guns, which are melee artifacts, and a single cannon can sweep a large area like a broom.

But the problem, in this era, battleships do not have rapid-fire guns, nor do they have the ability to shoot accurately, but fierce pirates really dare to rob warships, just like the Ottoman Empire's navy, sailing in small formations, and being robbed is not once or twice.

Redbeard is one of the larger pirates in the Indian Ocean, with a total of sixty or seventy pirate ships, large and small, and most of them are good ships, and the pirates certainly do not have shipyards, and their ships are mainly from Europa's caravans.

You must know that in the Age of Discovery, the entire Europa was also infighting, and the dog's brains were all out, Britain and France fought for hundreds of years, Portugal also fought with the Netherlands for hundreds of years, and the Netherlands and Spain fought for more than half a century. Just like Ceylon, it took Portugal nearly a hundred years to conquer Ceylon, but before they could enjoy the fruits of their victory, they were snatched away by the Dutch.

If you want to say why Redbeard has so many clippers, it's thanks to the Europa, they are pulling each other back and smashing black bricks at each other, otherwise, how could Redbeard live so nourishingly?

Although Redbeard has more than 3,000 brave pirates under his command, this point of men and horses is definitely not enough to see compared with Zheng Zhilong at that time, but the problem is that he is not enough in front of the Dutch East India Company, nor in front of the British East India Company, and the Portuguese and Spaniards can easily clean them up.

If there is no such filth, there is no living space for Redbeard, which is somewhat similar to the inside of the Ming Dynasty, wild bandits, it will not take long to be exterminated by the government, but if this bandit has a backstage, then it can occupy the top of the mountain and stand for more than ten years, or even decades.

Redbeard is skillfully using the contradictions of all parties, but he is like a fish in water, and he has already drawn a clear line with Zheng Zhilong.

In the Indian Ocean, it is their territory, and the east of Malacca is Zheng Zhilong's territory, even if Zheng Zhilong's fleet arrives in the Indian Ocean, as long as they don't take the initiative to attack them, they won't take the initiative to attack Zheng Zhilong's people.

With the demise of Zheng Zhilong, Redbeard also tried the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, but it is a pity that the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty are not the same as the merchant ships of European countries, no matter which province of merchant ships, once they are attacked by pirates, not only the Coconut City fleet will come out to cross the border to strike, but also the caravan is more ferocious than the pirates, as long as the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty are provoked, their merchant ships will unite.

That is to die, you must know that the Ming Dynasty is also very strict with the management of maritime merchants, if you encounter the Ming maritime sailors at sea, or accidents, you must be saved, and you will be punished heavily if you stand by and watch. Of course, there are benefits to reaching out to the rescue.

Redbeard was shocked, unlike history, the rise of the Ming Navy was too fast, and the Coconut City Fleet did not come to the Indian Ocean to exterminate the pirates, and the pirates under the hands of the Coconut City Fleet were destroyed not a hundred, but also seventy or eighty.

However, at this time, Redbeard is also a little strange, under normal circumstances, the mercenaries who are five or six hundred meters away should be crazy and bombard, trying to scare themselves away, why are these people so calm, it seems that they don't take themselves in their eyes at all?

Redbeard was inexplicably a little uneasy, this is a kind of uneasiness of a creature encountering a natural enemy, and he has an ominous premonition: this time I am afraid that he will run into a hard bone!

Just when Redbeard was about to attack the Ming Navy battleship, he suddenly saw the Ming Sun and Moon Flag fluttering on the bow of the ship, as well as the Ming Dragon Flag.

"Oops, it's the Ming people, retreat!"

Redbeard has been able to crisscross the sea for more than 20 years because he knows who to mess with and who not to mess with.

It's a pity that Redbeard's luck is a little bad today, and when he sees the Daming Dragon Banner and the Sun and Moon Banner, it's too late for him to retreat.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The four-inch long-barreled naval guns equipped with the Giant Shark class and the Sea Shark class suddenly fired, and the muzzles of the guns spewed out large clouds of blazing smoke, and the air waves expanded, and the rumbling sound was like rolling thunder, tearing the sky, not to mention fighting, just listening to this movement was terrifying enough!

The pirates who were manipulating the rudder of the battleship fled in shock, only to see a large cloud of white smoke and flames rising from the bow of the Ming warship, and a terrible whistling sound came from the air, and one after another fire meteors slammed towards them almost straight with sparks!

They were all dumbfounded: "What kind of ghost cannon is this, so terrifying!" ”

The small number of but extremely terrifying cannonballs fell one after another, stirring up thick and large columns of water, and the rumbling sound was deafening. This round of salvo was intended to be fired at the school, and the hit rate was not high, and most of the shells were missed, but two pirate ships were still hit by the shells and became the first victims of this naval battle.

The high-speed cannonballs easily smashed through the hull of the ship, burrowed into the battleship and exploded, and the pirates who were relatively close to the explosion point only felt as if a small sun was expanding in front of their eyes, and then their consciousness was wiped out.

The power of the four-inch caliber high-explosive bomb was undoubtedly terrifying, the shock wave of the explosion spread overwhelmingly, the wooden hull was torn to pieces, and countless wooden thorns mixed with shrapnel were fired at the speed of explosion.

Rao is pirate is a ruthless character with bloody hands, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but tremble, and a hot, smelly liquid gushed out from the roots of his descendants!

The explosion was followed by a fire. The most disgusting thing about the high-explosive incendiary bomb is that not only the explosion is powerful, but also has a violent combustion effect, which will burn you if you can't kill you!

For a sailboat, this thing is a nightmare, the whole ship is the best fuel, the wooden hull, the waterproof asphalt, the ropes piled up in the hold, the paint applied to the hull, these things are out of control once they catch fire, the fire spreads quickly, and the bulleted warship is in chaos.

Redbeard was shocked: "This ...... What kind of cannon is this, so powerful!? ”

"A bit like the heavy naval guns of the Venetians! I heard from the navy that in recent years, the Venetians have equipped a kind of heavy fleet, which fires a kind of cannonball that can penetrate into the inside of the battleship and explode, which is very powerful, and after the explosion, it will cause a fire, which is very terrifying...... Could it be that Daming bought the Venetian naval gun? ”

The guess is wrong, this is not the Ming Dynasty buying the Venetian's naval guns, but the naval guns that the Ming Dynasty sold to Venice, with the development of the Ming artillery, Cheng Shijie saw that Venice was indeed lagging behind, and some could not parry the Ottoman attack, so he transformed the naval gun, and changed the rear installation to a front installation similar to the mortar type.

The Venetian's naval cannon is a special version of the appearance, and the Ming naval cannon is two completely different things, the shell is divided into two parts: the warhead and the projectile pack, when fired, the explosive pack is first stuffed, then the fuse is installed, and then the warhead part of the shell is stuffed, and then fired.

The warhead of the artillery shell is actually a rocket shell with the propellant removed, although this is a castrated version of the naval gun, but it made the Venetian great and used the advantage of the naval gun to quickly open the gap with the Ottoman Empire, which is why the Ottoman Empire protested to Deng Xianwu.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

didn't have time to think about it, after a dozen or so seconds, the second salvo of the Ming fleet smashed over again! After the first calibration, the hit rate of the second salvo was greatly improved, the heavy thunder rolled by, the sky fell apart, and many pirates took off together with the deck fragments, flying all over the sky, and the pirate ships that were shot one after another ignited and exploded violently.

Many pirates were covered in fire, and the fire burned wherever it hit. The two pirate ships that were shot earlier suffered again, and each received two or three shells, this time the fire became more intense, and the smoke in the cabin was a sea of fire, and the pirate captain commanded everyone to carry water with buckets to fight the fire, but the pungent smoke made people look hard to open, and there was no way to put out the fire!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The pirate fleet also fired, and more than 200 naval guns let out an earth-shattering roar, and solid lead balls slammed into it like hailstones, smashing up clumps of water columns in front of and behind the Ming fleet.

The Ming warship was also shot, but ...... The effect was discouraged by the pirates, and it was completely incomparable to the effect of a high-explosive shell fired by a four-inch naval gun hitting a battleship.

The naval guns of the Ming army are basically one shot into the soul of the pirate ship, and if you take one shot, you will not die or be half-armed! Looking at the Ming fleet with its guns constantly spewing smoke and flames, and then looking at the warships that are constantly being shot and on fire, how angry and angry the pirates are, how frustrated and frustrated they are, this battle can't be fought at all!

It seems that the fight is not lively enough, the Ming sailors launched rocket shells, then aimed, ignited, and immediately, countless fire dragons screamed from the deck of the Ming warship and rose into the sky, pulling out dazzling arcs in the air, aiming at the pirate ship and plunging headlong!

Then, there is no then.

This naval battle was extremely brutal, and in less than half an hour of the exchange of fire, 31 pirate warships burned and sank into the sea, and nearly 1,000 people died in the belly of the fish.

However, this cruelty seems to be aimed at the pirates, in the firefight, they don't even have the power to fight back, they don't even have the power to parry, they were abused by the perverted artillery fire of the Ming fleet, and paid such a heavy price for casualties, the record is only to make six holes in the Ming fleet, and the flying sawdust killed two Ming crews, killing and injuring many people, that's all!

It's not a level of combat at all, and the pirates say they're in a hurry, and it's not good to feel like they're being pressed to the ground.

……

At the same time, Xiang Hui, the regent of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, is also suffering from being held down by Cheng Shijie.

The road in front of Xiang Hui is actually only two left and right, either continue to resist hard, but the problem is that Cheng Shijie's body seems to have been modified by time and space, obviously he is middle-aged, but his combat effectiveness is even more fierce than when he was young, and Xiang Hui can't resist it at all.

originally wanted to squeeze Cheng Shijie dry, but she was scarred herself, and it was not easy for her fingers to move.

If Xiang Hui is dissatisfied with Cheng Shijie and files for divorce, it is estimated that Zhu Weiyuan and Yang Yunniang will immediately treat Xiang Hui as their ancestors and put a pillar of incense every morning, noon and evening.

Xiang Hui finally compromised: "Husband, get out, you look for your little heart, just like a donkey!" ”

Cheng Shijie said: "Wife, you are the top of my heart, I have been guarding you like a jade for so many years, is it easy for me?" ”

"And I need to thank you?"

Xiang Hui glanced at Cheng Shijie and said, "Virtue! ”

Cheng Shijie lay on the bed in a daze.

Xiang Hui asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

Cheng Shijie said: "I was thinking about what I should do after I retired. ”

Xiang Hui almost choked on his own saliva: "You...... You're Gui Geng this year, and now you want to retire, isn't it early? ”

Cheng Shijie said proudly: "I have always been so far-sighted. ”

Xiang Hui couldn't stop laughing: "Okay, well, well, far-sighted husband, the regent of the Ming Dynasty, have you thought about what you should do after you retire?" ”

"Think about it!!"

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "When I retire, I must take out all my savings to buy a fleet, crisscross the seas, fight swords and trade, and rob his mother if anyone is not pleasing to the eye, especially England and France, these bastards, I have to rob them and go bankrupt!" That's right, I must be the One Piece after I retire! ”

Xiang Hui was completely shocked by Cheng Shijie's lofty ambitions, and looked at Cheng Shijie in a daze and said, "The emperor doesn't want to be the One Piece?" How does your brain grow? ”

Cheng Shijie said: "It's so boring to be an emperor, it's still comfortable to be one piece, see who is unhappy, rob his mother!" ”

"Did you snatch all the beauties from the four oceans and seven continents and put them in the harem?"

Cheng Shijie shook his head: "No, no, absolutely nothing!" ”

This is a proposition.

Xiang Hui sighed and said, "I just want our family to be safe...... It's a pity that you can't do it, husband, you still do what you have to do! ”

"What should I do?"

Cheng Shijie was a little puzzled: "What should I do?" ”

"Be the emperor!"

Xiang Hui's mood was a little low: "When I was in school, I saw the history books, from 1840 to 1949, a hundred years of humiliation in modern times, a hundred years of humiliation, our country has suffered too much humiliation that should not be born, why should we get up early and be greedy for darkness and become the world's factory?" Dry more than cow and eat less than chicken? This is because the great powers are drinking our blood, and they did not have a chance before, and now they must seek justice! ”

Cheng Shijie said: "This matter will definitely be brought back, if I am not the emperor, it is the same, and Jialong will do the same!" ”

"It's different, Jialong is still young, there are some things he can't understand, and he doesn't have the empathy of our generation!"

Cheng Shijie was silent.

As a post-80s generation, it should be the saddest generation.

When I mentioned the 80s, it was like tears.

Thankfully, we survived.

"Xianggong!"

Zhu Weiyuan looked at this man who was too familiar to be more familiar, but she was a little nervous, she had been nominally married for almost five years, but she had not had sex once.

Now that she has finally gotten what she wants, Zhu Weiyuan is inevitably a little nervous.

Cheng Shijie looked at Zhu Weiyuan and said, "I'm sorry! ”

Zhu Weiyuan was a little stunned, what is this?

Finally, Zhu Weiyuan understood what Cheng Shijie meant by saying sorry, just once, she was unconscious, and when she woke up again, she was already three strokes a day.

Zhu Weiyuan wants to give Xiang Hui tea, the real sister tea.

It's a pity that she is a little weak.

With the help of Gu Ziyi, he struggled to put on his clothes.

Coming to Xiang Hui, Xiang Hui looked at Zhu Weiyuan and said, "Excuse me, rest well!" ”

Zhu Weiyuan felt that she was too embarrassed.

Zhu Weiyuan looked at Cheng Shijie, feeling afraid, she silently thought in her heart, next time, she must disperse the firepower.

Otherwise, the body does not allow it

Cheng Shijie started a busy day, watched most of the day's twists and turns, in short, the Ming Dynasty is running well, and the development situation is very good.

The fly in the ointment is that the Battle of Ural Mountain is over, what Cheng Shijie did not expect is that Bolo actually played Lu Xiangsheng and put Daming together, he kept asking Lu Xiangsheng to buy blades and equipment, and kept saying that he couldn't hold on anymore and wanted to directly surrender to Daming, and it was an unconditional surrender.

As a result, he actually took advantage of last year's snowstorm to climb over the Ural Mountains, and when Lu Xiangsheng found out, Bolo took the surviving bannermen to kill the west of the Ural Mountains.

Show the enemy weakness and play beautifully.

Lu Xiangsheng pleaded guilty.

Cheng Shijie directly replied: "Don't blame yourself, everything is under control." (End of chapter)