The excitement of going on a long sea voyage was quickly forgotten by Zhu Xuan.
After sailing on the sea for a few days, the excitement was over, and that was it.
The Jin Yiwei on the ship, those who were prone to seasickness, gradually adapted. Like Zhu Xuan, they gradually got used to the feeling of going to sea and no longer felt the excitement at the beginning.
The ship went all the way south.
The ship was loaded with enough coal. According to Zhu Xuan's calculations, the coal was enough for them to cross the Pacific Ocean. Of course, Zhu Xuan had no idea of crossing the Pacific Ocean yet.
After a long time, the ship sailed through the waters outside Fujian and entered the territory of Guangdong.
Because the ship can sail day and night, it only needs to arrange people on duty, so it can move very fast. After entering the waters of southern Guangdong, it continues sailing and quickly passes through Kowloon and arrives outside Lingdingyang.
"Little grandson, something is wrong!"
Yan Guan suddenly came back and said.
Zhu Xuan was sitting on the deck basking in the sun. After hearing this, he slowly sat up and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yan Guandao: "According to the map, the front is near Haojing in Guangdong, and there are some small islands on the side, which belong to Guangzhou Prefecture. However, among those small islands, there are many ships, including Guanghaiwei, which has raised our Ming military flag. There are also some warships of unknown origin, including the Nanhaiwei warships, which seem to be fighting with our Ming Navy."
In the Ming Dynasty in the north, you can't go to the sea, and there aren't even many navy.
The maritime ban policy stipulates that Ming Dynasty officials can go to sea, but there are few warships in the north, and most of them sail on inland rivers. Even in coastal areas, there are not many warships, and there are not many, or even none, navy capable of going to sea to pursue Japanese pirates.
But it's different in the south.
Especially in this area of Guangdong, which is far away from the capital, many policies have come here, but they are actually not very good. In addition, overseas trade here can bring huge benefits, and going overseas is still the norm, whether it is official going overseas or private going overseas. All normal.
Smuggling here is still very active despite the maritime ban.
In Southeast Asia and the Nanyang region, in this era, there were many pirates, such as Chen Zuyi, and Chinese who established overseas countries, such as Liang Daoming, who all set sail from Guangdong and went to the Nanyang region.
It is difficult to completely ban the sea ban, and private activities in the Lingnan area are prohibited.
Zhu Xuan heard that the navy of the Ming Dynasty was fighting with a ship of unknown origin, and he quickly walked to the side of the ship to take a look.
After receiving the news, the soldiers on the ship all picked up their weapons and looked outside.
Zhu Xuan felt that he couldn't see clearly enough, so he used a telescope to observe.
Sure enough, we can see that some of the naval forces are flying the flag of the Ming Dynasty, and there is also a flag that reads "Guanghaiwei" and "Nanhaiwei" respectively. The flags are fluttering in the wind.
At the same time, there were bursts of gunfire in front.
Ordinary artillery and other firearms are no longer unfamiliar to people of this era.
The Ming Navy must have artillery equipment. The unknown fleet seems to be equipped with artillery, but their artillery is not very good. It is just loud and not very lethal.
More often than not, enemies in naval battles were killed by crossbows, crossbows, or ship collisions.
"The fleet of unknown origins seems to be Japanese pirates."
Zheng He said in surprise.
Zhu Xuan put down the telescope and judged in his mind that the fleet was a Japanese pirate like Zheng He.
Good guy!
Are today's pirates still that ferocious?
Dare to attack Guangdong directly.
It can also force the navy of the two guards to fight and counterattack the pirates. It is obvious that the pirates have the upper hand in the battle.
The warships of Guanghaiwei and Nanhaiwei were attacked by pirates.
"Little grandson, what should we do?"
Hou Xian asked.
Zhu Xuan came back to his senses and said loudly: "Of course we are going to fight the Japanese pirates. If they dare to attack our Ming Dynasty land, they are looking for death. Rush over at full speed, and at the same time prepare the divine cannon!"
boom……
The ship suddenly accelerated.
The propeller turned very fast and rushed towards the two teams of naval forces who were fighting.
Hua Ying, the commander of the Guangdong capital, was on one of the warships. When he saw the Japanese pirates attacking with unknown ferocity, his brows knitted together and he continued to direct the naval fleet to counterattack.
But one warship after another was sunk.
Those Japanese pirates, I don’t know where they got their skills from, and their naval combat capabilities are so strong that they are no match for the regular army of the Ming Dynasty. If they can successfully capture the trench mirror, they may even be able to break into Xiangshan.
This was the last thing he wanted to see.
If His Majesty were to find out, this would be the end of his career as commander-in-chief.
Today's battle must be sustained.
"Send some clippers to attack Chen Zuyi's main ship."
"As long as the Japanese pirate leader Chen Zuyi dies or the Japanese pirate main ship fails, they will retreat."
"Go quickly!"
Hwayoung shouted hoarsely.
Just as the order was being passed on, the soldiers around him suddenly noticed something strange, pointed in the direction of the ship, and said in shock: "Sir... sir, look what is that?"
Hua Ying looked in the direction pointed and saw a huge creature rushing over in the wind and waves. She rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
This is... a ship?
It’s really a boat!
There are actually such huge ships in the world!
Huaying was shocked.
He looked up again and saw that the Ming Dynasty's military flag was still hanging on the ship. When did the Ming Dynasty Navy have such a behemoth?
"What a big boat!"
Other navy soldiers also noticed this scene.
But it was another surprise to see that all the flags on the ship were the Ming Dynasty military flags.
This Ming Dynasty navy master who didn’t know where he came from came to save them!
Also noticing here were the pirates, who suddenly saw such a huge Ming warship appearing, and the pressure came on them.
Before they could react, the boat had already arrived at the Japanese pirate's boat.
It also entered within the range of the divine cannon.
"fire!"
Zhu Xuan shouted.
Li Niu and Wang Er immediately arranged for their soldiers to fire cannons.
boom!
There was a burst of cannon fire.
Huge cannonballs hit the Japanese pirate ships.
Eight of the twenty artillery pieces were able to hit the Japanese pirate warships, directly destroying the enemy warships. As the shells exploded, the sea surface burst into flames.
The Japanese pirate warship was hit, and none of the Japanese pirates on board were able to escape.
Other shells that failed to hit were much less accurate.
After all, in this era, there was no radar, so we relied entirely on the experience of the artillery soldiers, but the missed artillery shells splashed high water jets.
Those water jets hit the Japanese pirate boats.
The Japanese pirates on the deck were knocked over by the current, and some were knocked into the sea water.
This scene is extremely shocking.
Hua Ying was stunned. When did their Ming Dynasty have such terrifying artillery?
The Japanese pirate leader Chen Zuyi was also stunned. When did the ships and artillery of the Ming army become so ferocious?
so horrible!
"Retreat, everyone retreat, go!"
How dare Chen Zuyi continue to fight, he immediately issued an order to change sails and retreat.
Zhu Xuan said loudly: "Chase them, don't let them escape."
After finishing speaking, he also set up his sniper rifle, wanting to see if it was fun.
No matter how scary this ship was, it was still here to save Guangzhou. After Hua Ying came to her senses, she immediately gave the order: "Follow me quickly and chase the Japanese pirates. Go quickly..."
The naval forces of Guanghaiwei and Nanhaiwei suddenly became excited and pursued the Japanese pirates fiercely.
