The Xijing's bow plowed a white wave, and its track headed straight east. The sailors on the deck were conducting gunnery drills on the two rocket turrets at the bow of the ship. Following the instructions given by the gunnery commander of the Xijing, the gunners nervously adjusted the shooting parameters and repeatedly loaded and fired the training bombs.
The Xijing is a brand-new large sail warship that can adapt to the era of sugar and medicine. This type of warship is no longer equipped with several gun decks and a large number of forward-mounted smoothbore guns. Instead, a rocket turret is built on the bow and stern side decks of the warship. These four rocket turrets all have strong shields and roofs, and sandbags are tied inside the shields and in the passages to other parts of the deck to absorb explosion damage.
Among the four rocket turrets, a ten-unit multiple rocket launcher is installed. If the two rocket turrets on both sides fire at the same time, they can fire out twenty rockets at one time. The firepower is still very fierce!
In addition to the rocket turret, this type of warship also has ten mother and son turrets built on both sides of the upper deck. Each turret is equipped with a long-barreled turret - the Fran cannon. This kind of Fran cannon can be used to intercept small rocket gunboats because of its fast rate of fire, long range, and so-so accuracy. Of course, the interception efficiency of these sub-cannons is actually not very high...
In order to make up for the low interception efficiency of the mother and son cannons, this large sail warship with a deadweight of up to 800 tons had to drag two new gunboats equipped with both mother and child cannons and rocket launchers on the road. .
Since this newly built "rocket launcher battleship" is not equipped with dozens or hundreds of smoothbore cannons, but is only equipped with four ten-barreled rocket launchers and twenty sub-cannons, there is no need to equip two or three more layers under the top deck. gun deck, thus freeing up a lot of space and deadweight tonnage for loading cargo and people. The Ming Navy and Nanyang Trading Company selected soft sails for this type of rocket launcher warship that are more suitable for ocean voyages.
So this is not only a warship, but also a very good ocean-going transport ship. It can be said that it was born to open up the New World, so this type of warship was named the New World type.
For this voyage, the Ming Navy and Nanyang Trading Company also spent a lot of money, dispatching a total of twenty-five New Continent-type warships. Each ship contained two hundred villains, as well as a large amount of supplies, livestock, and production tools—including farm tools, muskets, artillery, armor, and various cold weapons!
However, these weapons cannot be handed over to the evildoers on the ship yet. They are all closely guarded by the sailors...
The three villains Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi and Chen Tingjing are now concentrated on the flagship Xijing. At this time, they are leading more than a dozen villain leaders, standing on the top platform of the stern cabin of the Xijing, looking at the sea behind the Xijing. The swells were up and down, and one after another, more than 20 New Continental ships formed a strict two-row column on the sea. The masts of each ship are covered with white sails, and the sails are swollen by the sea breeze. It seems that the current speed is not slow!
The three villains all turned their gazes to the distant horizon, their eyes a little moist... They were leaving the rich continent of China at full speed and heading towards the distant shore of the ocean.
Maybe you will never be able to return to your hometown again in this life?
When the three of them were feeling sad, a sailor standing guard below the platform suddenly shouted: "The admiral is here!"
The three people quickly turned around and walked quickly to the stairs, then bowed and waited for Count Chen Anping, the admiral of the Ming Navy's Eastern Fleet, to climb up the stairs to the platform.
Chen Anping is Chen Shangchuan's subordinate. After following Chen Shangchuan to join the New Ming Dynasty camp, he has been serving in the navy. Now he has been promoted to the admiral of the Dongyang Fleet, one of the two major fleets of the navy. This time he was ordered to transport the "Evil Group" Opening up a new continent...this is opening up a new territory!
If this is done, he can become a marquis!
In order to ensure success, Chen Anping, who served as the admiral of the newly formed Dongyang Fleet after the Japanese peace war, had secretly organized four voyages to the New World, basically figured out the routes to and from the New World, and also slightly explored the East of the New World. coastal.
So this time, his Marquis is sure of it!
"See Admiral!"
Three big villains, Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi and Chen Tingjing, led a group of lesser villains and saluted Admiral Chen together.
Chen Shangchuan smiled and nodded, returning the favor to everyone, and then smiled and said: "I want to tell you some good news. Tomorrow the fleet will arrive at Nagoya Tenno Castle in Japan. You can go ashore to rest for ten days and relax. Although you can't I have left the water camp of the Dongyang Fleet, but I will still arrange some Japanese custom performances for you all to have some fun... Hahaha!"
As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Peigong and the three of them again, "The Holy One has also prepared a generous reward for you... If you can walk and talk, you will also be given a generous reward! In this way, you will receive the reward I won’t be lonely during the long journey down there, and my life will be more comfortable when I get to the New World. This is what County Magistrate Zhou, Magistrate Li, and Magistrate Chen asked for for all of you!"
Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi and Chen Tingjing immediately turned around and knelt down in the direction of the Ming Dynasty in the west. While prostrating, they shouted loudly: "I will bow down to thank Heaven..."
This "God's favor" was of course the idea of Zhou Peigong, the worst of the three evil men. Even if you are a great evil man, you must learn to use both kindness and power, otherwise you will not be able to control it.
So Zhou Peigong and the others selected a dozen leaders from a group of little villains these days, all of them fierce men with well-developed limbs and simple minds.
These fierce men have been trained these days and know that the three villains are entities they cannot mess with, so now it is time to give them some sweetness.
It is said that there is no shortage of food and money to spend in the New World, so for these evil people, a Japanese servant girl who is well-behaved and able to please men is naturally the best reward...
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The sun is shining brightly, and now is the hottest time in the hottest season of the year. The "villain group" on the Pacific Ocean felt seasick due to the cool breeze. Those who had the energy could think of Japanese flower girls, but they didn't feel too hot. The Kangxi Khan of the Great Mongol Kingdom was riding a horse listlessly due to the sun at this time. More than ten thousand Mongolian cavalry and infantrymen of the Zhenghuang Banner under his command formed a tight guard formation in front, rear and left of him to escort the soldiers. The Mongol Khan slowly walked towards the Khyber Pass, dozens of miles ahead.
Kangxi originally planned to send troops into the hinterland of Tianzhu this autumn, but unfortunately the situation changed too quickly... The "Three Feuds" that he once regarded as a trusted concern of the Qing Dynasty have now come to Tianzhu!
This is really deceiving people!
The Kangxi Khan did not even want the Qing Dynasty, and became the Kangxi Khan of the Great Mongolia. He even fled thousands of miles away... It was the expedition to Tianzhu. They suffered so much along the way and felt so uncomfortable in their hearts. do you know? Even though he is like this, why don't they let him go and follow him to Tianzhu? It's really hateful!
So Kangxi Khan couldn't wait any longer, so he had no choice but to send out troops in advance, braving the scorching sun of Tianzhu and marching towards the Khyber Pass on a hot day!
