Sergeant Daming was busy, assembling and riveting wooden piles one by one, and catapults slowly appeared on the deck one by one.
Affected by the division of labor, collaboration and standardization of the Guozi Jianjiang Academy, the field of craftsmanship, whether it is the bayonet on the fire gun or the trigger on the eight-niu crossbow, has achieved unified standards.
The bayonet on this firegun can be removed and installed on another firegun. If this Eight-Niu Crossbow is damaged, the available parts can be removed, replaced with other damaged Eight-Niu Crossbows, and combined into a new Eight-Niu Crossbow.
The determination of these standards and the control of measurements represent the development of the field of Ming craftsmanship.
Same goes for catapults.
It is impossible for a Navy treasure ship to have a catapult standing on the deck at all times, but the Navy will not abandon this special weapon. Instead, it will dismantle its parts and store them in the cabin. These parts can be quickly used when needed. docking to form a simple catapult.
As rows of catapults were formed, the sergeants began to install counterweights and bags. At the entrance to the cabin, the sergeants lined up in a long line, one hand after another, passing black ceramic jars one by one. The jars had Sealed with mud.
When rows of black clay pots were piled up two feet behind the catapult, the catapult had completed a round of stone projectile testing and had completed ranging and inspection.
Zheng He did not hesitate and waved his hand. The herald waved the flag, the heavy horn began to buzz, and the other three treasure ships were also ready.
Accompanied by a burst of rapid drumbeats, the treasure ship moved forward. Within 200 steps of Sakai Port, the sergeant began to put ceramic jars into his pocket.
The drumming stopped.
The sea seemed to have calmed down, with no sea breeze and no waves.
"put!
"
When the military order came out, the sergeant suddenly smashed open the tip, the weight rope flew away, suddenly lowered the wooden pole, the bag was raised high, and with an arc, the ceramic jar flew out.
Within Sakai Port.
The sergeant saw black things flying towards each other and instinctively avoided them. No one wanted to die under the Ming army's gunpowder bombs.
Snap!
A dense sound came out, but the expected thunderous explosion did not appear.
A Japanese soldier popped his head out of the well building and looked at the broken earthen jar not far away, with thick black liquid flowing out of it, and the liquid had an unpleasant smell.
Tick tock.
Black liquid dripped from the upper floor of the well building to the next floor through the gaps in the wood.
The sergeant raised his hand, touched his face, looked at the strange black liquid, and looked in the direction of the Ming army in confusion.
Isshiki Manbori looked at the black ceramics that kept falling from the sky, and asked uneasily: "What are the Ming army doing? Do they expect to use these broken earthen jars to open Sakai Port?"
Yuanrong Xitang was also a little strange. The Ming navy kept approaching, and the ceramic jars even penetrated deep into Sakai Port.
However, this kind of ceramic thing can kill a few sergeants at most, so what? It can't crush all the sergeants to death, nor can it make all the sergeants retreat and get out of the way!
Why did the Ming army do this?
Ueno Nagaori heard the sound of a broken earthen pot, walked over, looked at the black liquid on the ground, frowned, and said to Isshiki Manbori, Genrong Nishidou and others who were following: "The earthen pot should not be the main thing. Yes, what the Ming army really wants to use is this black liquid!"
"What is this?"
Isshiki Manfan asked, covering his mouth and nose.
Yuan Rong Xitang bent down, grabbed a handful, and saw that his hands were sticky
The black liquid in his mouth made him feel nauseous. He wiped it on his body but didn't wipe it clean: "Although this stuff smells bad, other sergeants didn't think it was poisonous. I guess it's not some kind of poison."
Ueno Nagaori looked at the ceramic jars that kept flying down and the black liquid flowing everywhere, and a panic arose in his heart: "The Ming army took back their firearms and turned to this black liquid, no matter what it is , it is a life-threatening thing to us! Someone, bring us some water!"
When a basin of water went down, the black liquid was not washed away. Instead, it floated on the water and flowed outward with the water.
Yuanrong Xitang quickly shouted: "You can't use water! Water will make it go to more places, you should use fire! As long as this thing is burned, the Ming army will not be able to use it again!"
Isshiki Manfan nodded repeatedly.
No matter what this liquid is made of, although I have never seen it, after burning it, it can be solved once and for all.
Even if it catches fire, it doesn't matter. The fire burns off the liquid and you can put out the fire later. Anyway, this thing is just a small piece and will not cause a big fire.
Ever since, the Ming army on the treasure ship saw a shocking scene. The black kerosene had not been thrown away yet, and arrows stained with kerosene were being prepared. But who would have thought that a fire broke out inside Sakai Port first...
"Who lit the fire?"
Zheng He was very depressed. It didn't matter if he lit a fire before all the things were thrown away.
But after asking again, it was found that it was not done by the Ming army at all, which shocked Zheng He and others.
Luo Guanying laughed like a dying duck, quacking incessantly.
Zhu Neng slapped the side of the boat without realizing that his hands were red.
Yang Rong opened and closed his mouth several times, and finally shook his head helplessly. This Japanese person can't do things well.
It's really unusual.
Zheng He watched the fire begin to burn in Sakai Port, but felt that the scope was not large enough, so he ordered the sergeant to light the long arrow and shoot it. Apply black oil...
The fire in Sakai Port reached the sky, and the Japanese soldiers screamed and ran out of the sea of fire. But before they took a few steps, they lay on the ground and rolled until there was no movement.
Some Japanese soldiers carried water to put out the fire, but found that the fire could not be extinguished by water, and the fire would even float on the water and burn!
This scene made countless Japanese soldiers completely despair.
Yagura is burning, the well building is burning.
The Japanese army is burning and their weapons are burning.
This is a world of fire, a realm of fire, where the black smoke pillars begin to turn pale, the blazing fire turns red, and even seems to burn out blue flames...
Yuan Rong Xitang had been burned to death. The first person to light the black fire oil was swallowed up by the flames before he had time to run out.
Ueno Nagaori and Isshiki Mitsuhiro are looking for a way out, but there is no way out.
There was fire all around. The Ming army adjusted the counterweight of the catapult, allowing the black fire oil to be delivered to the depths of Sakai Port. Fire had ignited from all directions, and the surrounding temperature suddenly increased.
Ueno Nagaori was hiding next to a water tank, coughing violently. The Yagura beside him was burning, and the sergeant above fell down and fell heavily to the ground.
The sergeants in Jinglou also fled frantically, carrying fire on their bodies. When they died, they ignited the unlit wood...
There is no passage.
Ueno Nagaori was so bitter that he directly got into the water tank, hoping to avoid the disaster. But Yagura and Ilou beside them were already overheated.
Burning, the wood collapsed and rolled to the side of the water tank.
The flames were huge, and the burning wood heated the water in the water tank. At first, Ueno Nagaori felt that the water temperature was comfortable, but when the two ceramic pots landed on the burning wood, the fire became fierce. The water temperature also rises...
"ah!"
Ueno Nagaori couldn't bear it, but he was surrounded by red-burning wood and there was nowhere to go!
As time passed, the water in the water tank began to boil, and the people in the water tank gradually became familiar...
Isshiki Manbori was surrounded by fire, and the falling burning trees made it impossible for him to stand around. In desperate situation, Isshiki Manbori rushed into the sea of fire, intending to cross the fire field to find a chance to survive.
However, the fire scene became a crematorium.
The buildings in Sakai Port are all made of wood, and the weather in July is already dry and the temperature is high. When the fire breaks out, the speed of its spread is astonishing.
There was no wind to help the fire, and the fire relied on the power of the wind. The black kerosene alone combined with the burning of the wood was enough to destroy Sakai Port.
The Ming Dynasty owned the Western Xinjiang Province and also owned a large amount of oil, which was transported to the capital via long roads. The Craftsman Academy has studied black oil and built the fierce oil cabinets of the Song Dynasty, but the real reason that prompted the navy to collect oil was Timur.
Timur used oil in his battle with the Ming army, which caused a lot of trouble to the Ming army.
The navy believed that this kind of thing burned with great power and could replace gunpowder bombs in some strong ports, so it requested an order to reserve a batch and officially put it into use in the Battle of Sakai Port.
Yang Rong observed the fire in Sakai Port and secretly
An marveled, this thing seemed to be made just for catching fire.
Luo Guanying walked towards Yang Rong and Zheng He, pointed in the direction of Sakai Port, and asked: "This oil ignites so violently, why not use it instead of coal? Isn't the steam engine burning coal? How about burning oil instead?"
Zheng He was a little stunned and had never thought about this problem.
Yang Rong thought for a while and said with a smile: "This idea can be told to the Craftsman Academy, but as far as I know, the amount of oil extracted is very limited, and the transportation distance is long. It is difficult to use it in steam engines."
Luo Guanying just said casually and did not ask further questions.
Zheng He seriously arranged for the sergeant to record it, and said to the confused Luo Guanying: "The emperor said that a lot of wisdom will emerge on the battlefield. I think your idea may not be impossible, but how to realize it requires a craftsmanship academy. Gentlemen please try harder."
Yang Rong nodded repeatedly: "If one day oil really replaces coal, then our territory in Western Xinjiang Province needs to be expanded. After all, Timur brought everything with him, so I think there is a lot of oil there..."
Zheng He looked at Yang Rong. This Minister of the Ministry of War seemed gentle and elegant, but in fact he was an out-and-out war fighter. During every battle, he seemed to be inconspicuous, but before every battle, he always stood beside the emperor and analyzed the results of the battle. feasibility……
Timur's country is very honest now and there is no need to beat Harry.
What the navy is concerned about is not the Timurid Kingdom, but the place further away, north of Africa, a place called Europe that the emperor mentioned. That is the territory that the navy wants to take charge of.
I heard that the country of Venice is there. In addition to the country of Venice, there are many other countries.
Zheng He was looking forward to it:
"When the war in the East China Sea is over, we should make another voyage. We should go to South America again. The Ming Dynasty flag there should be old, and it is time to replace it with a brand-new sun and moon flag."
