"Is this... the power of science..."
Tie Xuan, together with many other students from the Imperial College, endured the churning in his stomach and took a pen and paper to start counting the gains in this battle.
At this time, Japanese corpses were already lying outside the walls of Sakai Port. The power of the twelve tiger squatting cannons far exceeded everyone's expectations. The Tiger Crouching Cannon loaded with iron sand and gravel was fired at close range. It was like an oversized shotgun. The Japanese warriors' meager "sufficiency" was unable to defend themselves against the fire fired by the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
The result was that no Japanese successfully climbed up the city wall, even though the walls made of cement were actually only one to five feet high. The scattered Tiger Crouching Cannon inflicted damage and shock on the Japanese, depriving them of their courage and will at an extremely fast speed.
After the first round of shelling, the Japanese commander seemed to be directly killed by the Tiger Crouching Artillery, and the Japanese command system was obviously paralyzed.
After the third round of bombardment, even the most heroic warriors lost the will to continue attacking. The Japanese began to scream and howl, and retreated in a frantic way. However, there are still those on the periphery that were originally just a cover. The antlers and horses set up by the Ming army blocked the road. The Japanese fled and trampled on each other in order to seize the road. In addition, the Ming army fired arrows from the wall.
According to statistics by Tie Xuan and other survivors, the Japanese left more than 3,000 corpses before they were able to flee in disgrace.
As for the damage done to the Ming army, except for a few unlucky soldiers who were wounded by arrows fired upwards by Japanese warriors from below the city, the number of casualties was almost zero!
This extremely terrifying battle loss ratio has simply subverted everyone's understanding of war!
"Tiger Crouching Cannon...it's so powerful!" Cao Tai, who was also a student of the Imperial College with Tie Xuan, was surprised and excited at the same time. "I originally thought the Japanese pirates would be so brave, but I never thought they would be so vulnerable to the Crouching Tiger Cannon!"
Chang Mao's younger brother Chang Sheng said: "Then what are we still doing here? Why don't we ask His Highness the Fifth Prince to push the Japanese with the Tiger Crouching Cannon!"
"Don't get carried away." Tie Xuan reminded these students who were carried away. "Although the Crouching Tiger Cannon is sharp, it also has many limitations."
"The range and ammunition are all its weaknesses. If it is used in formation defense like this time, it will be extremely sharp. But if those Japanese did not underestimate the enemy and did not gather a crowd to attack at the beginning, the Tiger Crouching Cannon The effect is greatly reduced.”
"Master asked us to count our gains because he wanted us to understand and experience the advantages, disadvantages and use of the new weapon Crouching Tiger Cannon while experiencing the battle in person. Although the Crouching Tiger Cannon is powerful, we must not be arrogant. We cannot be intoxicated. In view of the power of existing weapons, we should give up improving the disadvantages of weapons. Nor should we underestimate the enemy just because of the advantages of weapons."
"We must continue to advance and innovate weapons, and we must always be cautious in war. 'Significantly despise the enemy, but tactically pay attention to the enemy.' We must always keep these words of our master in mind, and wait until we take on major responsibilities in the future. Only then can we bring victory after victory to Ming Dynasty.”
"Tie Xuan is right." Someone said from behind. Hearing the sound, all the students turned around and saw that Zhu Su was walking towards here with the two generals Gou'er and Di Meng, carefully avoiding the Japanese corpses that could be seen everywhere. .
"Master!" "Sir!" "Your Highness the Fifth Prince." "Master Jijiu!" All the students saluted one after another.
Zhu Su waved his hand and asked them to stand up. He first observed the civil and military supervisors of the Imperial College, and saw that although their faces were paler, none of them showed disgust or fear at the corpses on the ground, and he couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
"Some of you may think that it is unnecessary for us to travel across the ocean to compete with these Japanese." Zhu Su said to the students. "The mountains and rivers here are poor, and the Japanese do not know etiquette. We have tolerated their provocations for several decades, but they still choose to attack us with swords... Why do we come to such a place? The Yangtze River in our country is not as beautiful as the Japanese." Is it? Or is the mountain scenery of Mount Tai not as majestic as that of Japan?"
"In the Imperial College, Mr. Song and Mr. Liu also told you in class. When living in peace, we are wary of danger. During the Zhou Dynasty, our ancestors walked through many desolate and dangerous places, or were filled with smog and death. Holding the hand in their left hand With a hoe and a sword in his right hand, he works hard while driving away the barbarians."
"In this way, the majestic China is now magnificent and beautiful, and its uniforms and etiquette are the best in the world."
"Then people were unfilial, forgetting the heart of their ancestors, and misinterpreting the meaning of the sages. Although the Han and Tang Dynasties were occasionally prosperous, the Jin and Song Dynasties did not think about progress and indulged in pleasure, which almost ruined the great rivers and mountains that the ancestors had finally opened up."
"If we want China to last forever and the Han people no longer make nonsense, we cannot be satisfied with the status quo. We must uphold the aspirations of the sages and continue to expand outward! Wherever the sun and moon shine, and wherever mountains and rivers go, they are all the territory of China. Only in this way can we truly To truly be honest, to keep China in good stead, this is the great cause our ancestors wanted to accomplish."
"The next hundred years of our Ming Dynasty will definitely be a hundred years of pioneering and enterprising. You and others are the leaders of our Imperial Academy and the elite of the next generation of our Chinese people. I hope that you can open your eyes to see the world in the future. Their eyes and horizons cannot be like those of those old mediocre people who are limited to one generation in one country."
"This is my Daming's first overseas stronghold. In other words, this is my Daming's first attempt to operate overseas. I hope you can gain valuable experience here, whether it is how to develop, operate a stronghold, or how to To resist and fight against indigenous attacks, we must analyze them carefully and keep them in mind.”
"What you gain cannot be superficial, and what you see cannot be one-sided. We cannot be satisfied with the status quo, and we cannot be afraid of disputes. Overseas, every move we make represents the spirit of the Chinese Han people. If the Japanese bully us, newcomers, and dare to reach out, we will act decisively. Chop his hand off here. But we cannot be superstitious about force and despise the enemy."
"Overseas, every compatriot is a top priority. In order to make China great again, we are not afraid of death, but we must not let ourselves or our compatriots die meaninglessly just because we underestimate the enemy."
"Young people are the future of China, and you are the future of China! You must always keep making progress, learn to use the wisdom accumulated by our ancestors for thousands of years, and always work together with your compatriots. Only in this way can you exert your greatest strength at the smallest cost. ,understand?"
"Yes! We understand!" The supervisors were all excited. Although Cao Tai, Chang Sheng and others looked ashamed, their faces also turned red, showing high morale.
His heart is available! Zhu Su was very pleased.
As long as they can successfully absorb these ideas, when they grow up, the Ming Dynasty will have many more reliable concession and colonial governors.
Daming's plan to grow the ball is just around the corner.
(End of chapter)
