"That's right. Nope!"

Yang Kun replied affirmatively: "In this case, then why continue to increase the number of artillery? Moreover, this 'Weiyuan General' is amazingly powerful, just loading four guns, it is already the limit, if it continues to increase, it will affect the structure of the ship's hull." On the contrary, it will detract from the life of the battleship. ”

"Is that so?"

Gundam stared at the cannon and nodded thoughtfully.

Of course, he also knew about the power of the artillery, because of the influence of its recoil, the structure of the battleship had to be strengthened, otherwise it would be easily dispersed by the recoil. For this reason, although the warships in the Song Dynasty navy were equipped with artillery, most of them were small-caliber guns weighing less than 100 catties and with a range of only a few miles.

However, the artillery carried by this "Jiaolong" class battleship weighs thousands of catties, the caliber is as thick as an ordinary person's head, and its length is quite amazing, and it is actually two feet away, which is really amazing.

Artillery like this can only be mounted on the head of the city to prevent the enemy from attacking.

Because only at the head of the city can it be loaded with such a large and heavy cannon, and the ordinary wooden battleship can't withstand the recoil at all, and now the Huaxia army has moved this huge cannon to the ironclad ship, which can be regarded as jaw-dropping.

Yang Kun replied: "That's right. If the general doesn't believe it, why don't you test it?"

"Can you really test fire?" asked Gundam.

"Absolutely. Yang Kun nodded affirmatively, and said, "And if you don't see it with your own eyes, how can you know how powerful it is?" Of course, he was also curious about the weapon he had developed, and how far it could develop.

"Then give it a try. Gundam nodded and agreed.

After getting permission, even if Yang Kun asked the soldier to operate the guns on the battleship and fill the cannonballs and gunpowder into the barrel, he turned the direction of the guns and aimed at the reef thirteen miles away from the battleship.

In normal times, after encountering this reef, it is basically to avoid it.

Now, however, the reef has become a target for the experimental power of new artillery.

"Fire!"

At the sound of the order, Gouda suddenly felt a violent shock under his feet, as if it had been an earthquake, and then a gust of wind appeared out of thin air, with the cannon muzzle as the center, and swept the entire battleship, scraping his face painfully, and before he could react, his ears were even more "buzzing", as if someone had been directly to his ears.

". Why is this cannon so strong?"

Gundam shook his head, trying to banish the shock in his head, but he couldn't hear anything but the "buzzing" sound.

The rest of the people, like him, crouched down in agony and covered their ears with their hands, apparently wounded by the shelling.

In the distance, the reef was "bang", it was completely exploded, and the smoke rose to the sky, and as the wave swept over, countless wrecks were swept away, leaving only sparkling waves, and there was no trace of the reef that had been there.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Xu was also alarmed by this movement, Lu Wenhuan and Zhou Cheng ran out of the cabin, and looked at the boat full of people lying on the ground, and they were puzzled. If it weren't for the fact that they didn't see any enemies and that there were no casualties, they would have thought they had been attacked by the enemy.

Lu Wenhuan even ran directly to the side of the Gundam, helped him up, and asked about the situation here.

However, Gundam could only shake his head, saying that he could not hear at all, and only tried to stand up, and after a quarter of an hour, his hearing was restored.

Yang Kun also apologized to everyone with a guilty face: "I'm sorry for making you suffer." "He had called to verify the power of the artillery, but he didn't have time to warn everyone, which led to this scene.

"It's fine. ”

Gundam shook his head, his face full of joy: "It's just that the power of this cannon is indeed too great, if it is really put into the battlefield, I am afraid that it will kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred." ”

He couldn't imagine how much damage it would cause if he let this thing go into battle with just one shell to lose his hearing.

"Hmm. This is easy to solve, as long as everyone hides in the cabin while the fire is fired. Yang Kun felt guilty, he didn't even dare to look up at everyone: "As long as there is something in the way, the impact caused by the artillery will be difficult to cause harm to people." It's just that I was too excited to notice it, and it turned out that you suffered this sin!"

"Haha. It's nothing, and to be honest, I was too negligent to see the power of this artillery, which is why I made this kind of thing. If you want to say sin, it's still on me. Gundam reassured that it would be a shame if the cannon could not be used.

Zhou Cheng also complained: "That's right. As for how the artillery should be operated next, please write out an operating manual, so that the soldiers can be familiar with it, at least when fighting the enemy, they will not panic. ”

"Please rest assured that I will write it as soon as possible. Yang Kun patted his chest and replied.

"I didn't expect the lord to be so powerful, not only to make this amazing speed of the ironclad ship, but also with such a powerful artillery, it is really wise and powerful. Lu Wenhuan said with a smile: "And since we have this artillery, even if we have 20,000 fewer troops than the other party, we may not be able to defeat the other party." ”

"Naturally. ”

Zhou Cheng smiled confidently, and all the staff officers were full of confidence in this mission.

"Woo!", the whistle made a deafening sound again, and with the thick smoke that rushed into the sky, the battleship broke through the waves all the way, and finally came to the outside of Anqing Mansion.

Looking at the rows of battleships in the distance, Kang Lu smiled contemptuously: "I didn't expect this Yuan army to be ready a long time ago?" Although the number of battleships was far less than that of the other party, he was still full of confidence, just because the battleships under his command were the strongest warships built by the Huaxia Army.

"That said. But the number of warships of the Yuan Army is so large? It's really a bit scary. Looking at the Yuan Dynasty naval army in the distance, Gundam fell into deep thought.

Lu Wenhuan also said: "That's right. And among them, there is no shortage of Song Dynasty sailors, it seems that these wrecks have all been invested in the Yuan Dynasty. He also almost threw himself under the command of the Yuan army, but that was because Xiangyang was already isolated, and he had to do it as a last resort in order to save all the soldiers and civilians in Xiangyang.

However, under the leadership of Fan Wenhu, these sailors did not have any resistance, and directly joined the Yuan army, which was shameful.

"Exactly. Therefore, we must also be cautious in this battle, and do not fall into the trap of the other party. Gundam clenched his fists slightly, and the figure of Fan Wenhu appeared in his mind.

At the beginning, if it weren't for this Fan Wenhu's sudden rebellion, how could he have been imprisoned and finally rescued by the Huaxia Army? It can be said that what happened to Gundam was completely done by Fan Wenhu, otherwise he would not have become what he is today.

"Please rest assured. It's just that our army can still cope with their words. Kanglu smiled, and then gave the order.

"Fire!"

With the wave of the flag, the twenty warships opened fire together, shooting the huge projectile at the Yuan Dynasty sailors in the distance.

The projectile spanned a distance of dozens of miles and fell straight into the navy, each shot was extremely accurate, accurately hitting the battleship, and the orange-red fireball engulfed everything, and the battleship was also blown up to the waist and broken, and then swallowed by the cold river water, and there was no trace of it.

Receiving such a blow, those sailors immediately panicked, and even hundreds of small boats were lowered and rushed towards the battleship.

It can be seen that they want to charge to the death!

However, they were responded to by the sound of machine guns, and the machine guns that were responsible for sweeping the river turned the dead soldiers and the battleship under them into sawdust and debris, and they could not get close to the battleship at all.

In order to prevent the soldier from approaching and charging, each Jiaolong-class battleship was equipped with four revolver machine guns.

This hand-cranked cannon was the best weapon against the boats.

Seeing that the death-defying charge also failed, the Yuan Dynasty naval army in the distance also fell silent, so they could only turn around and retreat to the back.

"Do you want to continue the pursuit?" asked Kanglu.

Gundam shook his head and replied, "No." Although the enemy retreated, they sank those battleships in the river, and if we did not get rid of these sunken ships, we would not be able to catch up at all, so forget it. ”

"That's true. It seems that the Yuan Dynasty naval army has been able to develop until now, and it has also found a capable person. It's just that I don't know who the other party's commander is, and he is so decisive?" Zhou Cheng nodded approvingly.

Lu Wenhuan replied: "I heard that the man's name is Xie Cheng, he is a powerful person, and he was even promoted to Wanhu because he was good at water warfare. ”

"Wanhu, it seems that that person's strength is indeed good. Zhou Cheng's eyebrows furrowed, looking at the water army in the distance.

In this encounter, the opponent lost at least more than 10% of the battleships, but under the command of that person, he still retreated in an orderly manner, which shows how strong the opponent is.

Indeed, just from the literal data, the Chinese navy is indeed powerful, but the Yuan Dynasty navy is not a coward.

After seeing that he could not face the enemy head-on, Na Xie Cheng also made a quick decision and chose to sink all the battleships that could not move, just like that reef, to block the Chinese army and navy from the outside, so as to give his navy a chance to retreat, just this judgment is much stronger than that of the Song Dynasty navy.

And if the Huaxia army wants to pursue, it must also salvage all those sunken ships, so as to open up a channel so that the navy can pursue.

But cleaning up the wreck is a cumbersome problem, and it will take at least a few days, and in these days, the other party has already fled, where can they still pursue.

Faced with this situation, Gao Gao, Zhou Cheng and others could only choose to give up and return to Ezhou, planning the next attack.

After all, in reality, it is really a naïve fantasy to defeat the other party in one battle, and it is only possible to work if you encounter such a strange thing as the Song Dynasty, and it is too exaggerated to expect the other party to make a mistake after all.