I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 188 Blowing a cannon to the face!
10 battleships, 32 guns on each side, 10 battleships total 320 guns.

320 iron balls rubbed against the air, making a sharp whistling sound, as if a group of evil spirits were crying.

The fishermen on the shore and the common people who bought seafood were stunned by the sound.

"Lord Shiva, is this your punishment for our failure to catch the killer of the divine bull?"

Many believers knelt on the ground, oh, to be precise, almost all of them are believers.

These guys knelt on the ground and bowed their heads in the direction of the shells' flight.

"Puff puff…"

The iron balls fell heavily, and the Ah Sans who were kneeling all over the pier were crushed to death in pieces.

And the astonishment is.

The people around were smashed into pieces by the iron ball, and the Ah Sans kneeling beside them not only did not run away, but continued to kowtow and pray devoutly.

Even though they were sprayed all over their bodies with red and white things, they were still muttering and kowtowing non-stop.

"What a bunch of lunatics!"

Li Hu, who saw this scene through the telescope, shook his head with a sneer.

When he came again, Zhu Zhangui gave them an overview of Ah San's beliefs and caste system.

At first they didn't believe in it. They felt that no matter how stupid a person is in the face of death, it is impossible to continue to believe in some god.

But today's scene completely overturned Li Hu's thoughts.

It turns out that fanatics are really scary, and just as stupid.

Although the people of Ming Dynasty believed in religion, they were not obsessed with it to this extent.

To be precise, except for those who are really deluded, the vast majority of Han Chinese are pragmatists.

If you are useful to me as a god, then I will believe in you.

If you are useless, it doesn’t matter if you meet goodbye, but you want me to write from the bottom of my heart, sorry, I’ll talk about it when I need you, or when you are alive.

"That's good too, to save them from running around and wasting shells."

Retracting the binoculars, Li Hu picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted.

"The whole ship is close to shooting. Their navy has been defeated by our captives. The entire coastline has no power to threaten us. Don't be afraid to go straight up and shoot in the face!"

The warships that received the order let go of their hands and feet in an instant.

They circled slowly on the sea.

This allows the cannons on each side to fire.

The artillery fire rumbled, and there were screams on the shore.

Ah San, who was kneeling and kowtowing, was crazily bombarded by the flying iron ball, and his body was smashed to pieces by the iron ball.

Limbs and arms were broken, and intestines and internal organs were flying everywhere.

One of the guys who was lucky not to be hit was covered in blood and minced flesh, but he didn't care. Instead, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed frantically towards the sea. (change)
"Vishnu, please calm down, we are willing to offer sacrifices, please forgive our sins."

He yelled loudly, his head banging on the ground.

Even if his face was covered with bloody internal organs, he didn't care about it at all, just kowtowed and prayed.

"It's the enemy, not God's punishment, go fast..."

When the artillery fired the fifth round, and the shore was bombarded with broken ruins and broken limbs and arms, the management officials of the dock finally rushed over.

Although they also believe in religion, they are not as fanatical as ordinary people.

To be honest, if they were not afraid of being punished by the Shangguan, they really would not have come to this hell.

Seeing the crazily roaring iron ball, the officials trembled in their hearts.

But thinking of the governor who was furious because of the loss of their son, they gritted their teeth and rushed to the pier that was bombarded by artillery fire, calling for the kowtowed Assan to run away.

At the same time, he urged the guards who hesitated to step forward to prepare to resist the enemy's invasion.

"Attention all ships, the enemy army has arrived, concentrate your firepower, and destroy them first!"

Observing the arrival of the enemy's army in the command tower, Li Hu calculated in his mind, and after confirming that the enemy was within range, he immediately got all the artillery ready to beat them down in one round.

The ships that received the order immediately stopped firing, and let the fired artillery quickly reload the shells.

"The enemy has stopped, hurry up... set up a defensive line at the pier to prevent the enemy from landing!"

The officials at the pier saw that the gunfire had stopped, and their expressions became tense, thinking that Li Hu and others were about to land, so they hurriedly called the more than 3000 soldiers gathered to prepare for defense.

Looking at the wharf that has been bombarded to pieces, there are stumps, broken arms, and fleshy internal organs everywhere.

Ah San, who was guarding the soldiers, couldn't help swallowing.

Who dares to go here?
Is the enemy so cruel to go up to die?
"You bastards, what are you still doing here? Don't rush forward and prepare for defense. If the pier is snatched by the enemy and the governor blames it, not only you will die, but your family will also die."

When the dock officials saw that the soldiers were still refusing to come forward, they angrily stepped forward and cursed.

As we all know, India is a caste race.

Although the official head of the dock is not a big official, he is a Kshatriya who belongs to the second level.

And these ordinary soldiers, most of them are fourth-level sudras, and their status is only a little higher than that of slaves.

In the Three Kingdoms, as a low-level person, it is necessary to obey the orders of the superior person unconditionally.

If they dare to disobey the order, the superiors can execute them, the inferiors, at any time.

Although the dock officials are not their immediate superiors, they still have the power of life and death over them.

Thinking of the family members behind them, the soldiers gritted their teeth. Under the commander's fury and whipping, they walked to the dilapidated pier, set up shields, set up their spears and bows and arrows, and prepared for defense.

"Dirty dirt..."

Asan's army had just lined up on the dilapidated pier when there was another roar on the sea.

Hearing the sound of crying like a demon, the soldiers trembled with fright, their eyes closed tightly and they dare not look forward.I prayed to Brahma and Vishnu in my heart to protect their safety and let them survive this war successfully.

It's a pity that their god fell asleep, or was pressed and rubbed on the ground by the god from the east.

Their prayers didn't have any effect, and the howling iron balls pierced their formation heavily.

There were screams and wailings that kept ringing.

Shields were shattered, spears were broken.

The head stump was sent flying around by the whistling iron ball.

10 warships fired in one round, and a quarter of the more than 3000 Asan soldiers arrayed were directly swept away.

"Run, they are devils, we can't beat them, run!"

A soldier finally couldn't bear it any longer. He shouted that this was the devil's punishment, threw away his weapon, turned around and ran away.

"puff!"

A spear pierced the fleeing soldier's chest.

The officer, whose body was spattered with blood, looked at the other soldiers who were also fleeing fiercely.

"His family will be punished by the gods, and his soul will be burned by fire forever. This is God's punishment for his cowardice and incompetence. His family will also be reduced to slaves, and his wife and daughter will become the cheapest divas." !"

"Which one of you will choose to be like him!"

Seeing the officer with a ferocious expression, Ah San's soldiers had despair in their eyes.

These guys are going to let them die here.

"Dirty dirt..."

Just as the soldiers of Asan were considering whether to run away regardless of the life and death of their families, or sacrifice themselves to protect their families, the second round of artillery fire arrived again.

"Puff puff…"

"Ahh... my legs!"

"Help me, save me, I don't want to die."

The screams of flesh and blood shattered and screamed one after another.

The officer was also hit directly by an iron ball, his upper body was blown apart, and the remaining half of his body fell to the ground.

Seeing the tragic situation around them and the tragic death of the officers, Ah San's soldiers finally couldn't bear it anymore. Regardless of the shouts of the officials hiding in the distance at the pier, they threw away their weapons, turned around and ran away.

And they fled in panic, bringing chaos into the city.

Looking at the dilapidated and deserted pier, and the chaotic city in the distance.

Li Hu shook his head regretfully, and retracted the telescope.

"It's a pity that we didn't bring the army with us this time, otherwise we would have taken this city in one fell swoop!"

After wrapping up the rope of the telescope, handing it to the adjutant beside him, Li Hu picked up the walkie-talkie and gave the order.

"Attention all ships, this side is almost bombing, turn the bow and go to the next place!"

The warship turned around and sailed slowly.

Hiding in the head of a wharf official in ruins, he breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the warship go away.

Immediately looking at the dilapidated ruins and the wharf strewn with corpses, he knelt on the ground, covering his head and crying in despair.

He was not crying for these untouchables of the lower races, but was crying that his career as an official was over.

The pier was destroyed, and so many people were killed and injured, someone must be pushed out to take the blame.

It is definitely impossible for the governor. The guard officer who rushed over just now has been killed, and he is the highest official here.

And the person behind him is the noble son of the governor.

At the beginning, in order to get this official position, he gave all his wife and several younger sisters to that noble son.

Now that noble son is dead, his wife and younger sisters have also been ordered to be buried, and he has completely lost his support.

Such a big incident happened, and he was the only surviving high-ranking official. In addition, his backer fell, who would bear the blame if he didn't take the blame.

When Li Hu turned to bombard other places, the team attacking Jaffna had already arrived.

Jaffna is an important port on both sides of the strait, and because of the fighting that took place a few days ago, 5000 soldiers are stationed here.

Han Fei and Ma Xun's team has a total of 4 warships and 3000 marines.

Although they had fewer boats and people than Zhang Xian's team, there was a large force behind them.

The main reason why Zhang Xian and Sun Xi led so many people was to act alone, so there were more ships and people on board.

Han Fei and Ma Xun followed with a large force. If the attack failed, the main force would be ready to support them at any time.

"Brother, how do you play? Do you attack now or wait until tomorrow morning!"

Holding up the binoculars to observe the lighted pier in the distance, Ma Xun asked Han Fei beside him.

There are rules for joint naval and army operations.

Listen to the navy at sea, and listen to the army on land.

This kind of rule is to prevent laymen from commanding experts.

Han Fei glanced at the bright moon slowly rising in the east, communicated with an officer of the vanguard, and said directly: "Let's attack now, the brothers of the vanguard have been here before, and are more familiar with the sea conditions here!"

"Besides, Your Majesty and His Highness Taisun are still waiting behind. They have been living on the ship for several months, and they have finally reached land. If Your Majesty and His Highness Taisun are still on board, it is us It’s incompetent to be a subordinate.”

"Furthermore, even if His Majesty and His Royal Highness can persist, what about Concubine Grandson and His Royal Highness?"

"We old men, it doesn't matter if we don't take a bath for several months."

"But Concubine Grandson and His Royal Highness are distinguished, and they have not experienced the hardships of long journeys. It is hard to get to the ground, and it is time for them to have a good rest."

Ma Xun nodded.

"What brother said is right, that's fine, I'll go down and get people on board and prepare to fight!"

Soon, the squadron began preparations. Under the illumination of a high-power flashlight, a marine soldier climbed the rope net and descended to the small boat.

The waves at night are a bit big, making the landing boat very bumpy.

However, none of the soldiers of the Marine Corps complained. Instead, they discussed each other enthusiastically.

"Third Brother, you said that we will fight later, can His Majesty see it!"

A small soldier who was originally a wolf soldier, now holding a long gun, kept looking back in the direction of the main force, and asked a fusilier beside him in a low voice.

The fusilier, who was leaning on the ship's side and closing his eyes to rest, smiled when he heard this, and patted the soldier on the shoulder.

"Of course I can see it. Your Majesty is a real dragon. Even in the dark night, his eyes are like daylight."

"And His Majesty has clairvoyance and ears, so he can see your every move on the battlefield."

He patted the soldier on the shoulder vigorously, and the fusilier pretended to be serious.

"Little donkey, behave well later. If His Majesty sees your bravery, he may summon you in person. Then you will be honored."

When the little soldier called the donkey heard that the emperor could see it, his eyes lit up and he asked the fusilier excitedly.

"Really? Third brother, if I fight hard, the emperor will really summon me!"

The fusilier nodded vigorously, "When did the third brother lie to you? If you don't believe me, you can ask the captain."

Hearing this, the soldier looked at the captain who was observing the sea.

Several other soldiers also looked at the captain, expecting his answer.

A smile flashed across the captain's eyes, but he nodded seriously.

"The third brother is right. The emperor is a real dragon. He is watching your every move. As long as you fight hard and kill the enemy bravely, the emperor will definitely summon you when he sees your bravery. "

"Great, then I must kill a few more enemies later, try my best to express myself, and then go to see the emperor."

"Yes, if I can meet the emperor, Wu Laocai, who looks down on me in the next village, will definitely look up to me. Maybe he will agree to my marriage with his daughter."

"Tch, what is there to be afraid of an old scholar, if you can be summoned by the emperor, let alone the old scholar from the village next door to you, even the magistrate's daughter in your county will marry you."

"Uh, forget it. I've seen the county magistrate's daughter. Although she has a pretty face, her body is so skinny that I don't think it feels good to hold her. I prefer fat ones!"

"You know a ball, and that's called a beauty. But you're right, it's warmer to sleep with a fat belly in winter."

Seeing that the soldiers' emotions gradually stabilized, they began to discuss interesting things in a low voice, and they were no longer nervous about fighting.

The captain and the third brother looked at each other, smiled and nodded.

Both of them are veterans, knowing that these small soldiers will be nervous on the battlefield, so they deliberately found some topics to calm their minds and divert their attention.

On the main battleship parked one nautical mile away, the old man held a binoculars and looked at the squadron preparing to land in the distance.

"It seems that they are preparing to attack overnight!"

Wrapping himself in the cloak blown by the sea breeze, the old man smiled and looked at Zhang Fu beside him.

"Young people today are no worse than we used to be. When the wind and waves are so strong in the middle of the night, they dare to attack in the dark."

Zhang Fu smiled and nodded, "Yes, this reminds me of the scene when we followed General Xu Da and ran for hundreds of miles to attack the city overnight."

"At that time, we were not afraid. We were full of meritorious deeds and killed the enemy. Thinking about it, it still feels like yesterday."

"Hahaha…"

The old man laughed, then sighed.

"It's been so many years in a blink of an eye. Thinking about myself at the time, I was really bold. Unfortunately, I am old now and my body is not as good as before."

"If I were 10 years younger, I would follow the soldiers and charge down!"

Zhu Zhangui, who was listening to the two talking, interrupted quickly.

"Well, you old man, don't have this idea. This is the sea, not on land. With such a strong wind, if you accidentally fall into the sea, you won't even take a bubble."

Zhu Zhangui was really worried about the old man, as soon as his blood got hot, he got off the boat and rushed to kill him.

When it was approaching, the old man wrote him a letter, telling him to take good care of the old man and not allow the old man to charge forward.

Of course, the more important explanation is to see his grandson.

The sea was rough and the boat was unstable. If it hit something, Zhu Zhangui would have to clean it up when he went back.

Enemies are coming from the sea, and the Ah Sans have already discovered it.

Zhu Zhangui's fleet arrived at sunset.

The Sans on the pier saw the coming fleet, and they were flying the flags of the soldiers they killed some time ago.

Instantly terrified.

They fought very hard for several ships, and now there are hundreds of ships coming, even thinking about it is desperate.

Officer Asan on the island, while sending people to the mainland for help, at the same time summoned the soldiers and the people to step up their vigilance and prepare to resist the enemy's attack.

"Master Hart, the lights on the enemy ships are lit up, and many of them are still shining on the sea surface. I can vaguely see the shadows of small boats. They may be about to attack."

Dock Temporary Headquarters.

An officer Ah San rushed into a room, and hurriedly shouted at a middle-aged Ah San who was scratching his hair with a frowning face.

"What, the enemy is about to attack, damn it, then what are you still doing here? Why don't you quickly gather soldiers and those untouchables to defend yourself?"

"If the enemy is allowed to attack the island, as far as what we did some time ago, they will never let us go."

"Tell the soldiers and those untouchables that we must block the attacking enemy, otherwise we will all die, and it will be a miserable death."

"Yes, my lord!"

The officer who had been scolded quickly responded, turned around and ran out.

"Damn, where is this enemy?"

"Those bastards on land, I have already said that these people are not easy to mess with, but they just don't listen. Now it's all right, please come to the door, they are really a bunch of damned scumbags!"

Hart cursed in the room for a while, and finally picked up his helmet weapon and ran out helplessly.

He wanted to run away, but now that the sea was pitch black, and the sea was full of enemy ships, it was hard to say whether he could escape.

So he chose to resist, and only hoped that those bastards on land would come to rescue them before they were all killed.

In order to increase the offensive power, Ma Xun applied to the main fleet for a group of small boats to assist in transporting soldiers.

Each small boat carried a squad of 10 soldiers, and Ma Xuan's subordinates were allocated fifty small boats.

A batch of deliveries can land 500 soldiers.

Although 500 people are small, as long as the front line is stabilized after landing, the follow-up troops will quickly support them.

"Han Fei Maxun, are you ready? In order to break down the pier as soon as possible, I will let the main ship's heavy artillery assist you in attacking!"

Zhu Zhangui rang on the intercom.

Ma Xun, who was holding up a light to ask if all the soldiers were on board, nodded to Han Fei after receiving the feedback light.

"Report to His Royal Highness, the first batch of landing soldiers is ready."

"Okay, I'll start ordering shelling here, and let me know when the soldiers are about to land!"

"Yes!"

Han Fei responded, adjusted the walkie-talkie, and ordered to the captains of the other three warships: "Attention all warships, the marines are ready to land, and the heavy artillery of each ship is aimed at the direction of the lights on the enemy's shore. Listen to my order and release!"

"Boom boom boom..."

The four battleships lined up, and the two heavy cannons placed in the front, lit up fiercely and made a deafening roar.

"Boom...Boom..."

As soon as the guns of the four battleships fell, the heavy artillery of the main fleet in the rear also joined the dance music of the bombardment.

In addition to the separated and transport ships on the main fleet, there are 15 warships to be re-sequenced.

As the flagship Fuchuan, the bow is equipped with 6 heavy guns.

Forty heavy cannons roared together, like the drums of ancient titans beating the sky.

Huge iron balls, propelled by the power of the gunpowder explosion, rubbed against the air and made a roar.

The Sans who were defending on the coast looked blankly at the direction from which the voice came.

"Is it thundering, is it going to rain!"

A civilian husband who was summoned looked at the direction of the sound with a blank expression, and scratched his head in doubt.

"call!"

Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, and the upper body of the civilian husband disappeared without a trace.

As for the seven or eight people lined up behind him, the front ones were torn apart, while the back ones were holding their broken arms, their collapsed chests, and howling in pain.

Those whose chests had been smashed flat let out painful muffled groans, and the blood from their mouths mixed with minced meat spurted out wildly.

Ah San is also unlucky enough.

In this round of heavy artillery bombardment, at least 10 shells hit their phalanx.

The power of heavy artillery is not comparable to that of ordinary light artillery.

The huge iron ball, driven by powerful power, is almost like a blood-piercing gourd, piercing through a string.

"My God, they are devils, run away!"

Shocked by this bloody and cruel scene, Asan Minfu looked at his partner who was torn apart or his arm was broken, and his chest collapsed and vomited blood. He yelled in horror, dropped the weapon in his hand, and turned around.

"Whoosh!"

"puff!"

A sharp arrow pierced the fleeing guy, and Hart walked over with a gloomy face and looked at everyone.

"Without my order, anyone who dares to retreat will be executed!"

"Supervisor team!"

Glancing coldly at the terrified civilian husband, Hart shouted, and dozens of supervisors with big knives stood behind the team.

"Whoever dares to run will cut off his limbs and let him die in pain!"

Beheading the timid and establishing a supervisory team, Hart's tricks suddenly frightened those timid civilians.

After the civilian husbands were rushed to the front by the soldiers and stood up again, Hart said to the commanding officer: "Please watch out for my lord, if anyone runs away, not only will they die, but you will die too!"

The commanding officer was sweating nervously, and nodded vigorously.

"dirty dirty..."

Just as Hart was about to turn around to inspect other places, there was another humming sound on the distant sea.

Hearing this sound, Hart's face changed, and a dog ate shit and lay down behind a big rock.

He had seen clearly the tragedy of being hit by shells just now.

As a noble and superior person, he didn't want to end up dead without a whole body.

Of course, it would be even better if he could not die.

"Puff puff…"

"Ah ah ah..."

Bunches of blood gourds reappeared, and horrified and painful wailings resounded continuously.

Such a tragic scene, not to mention those civilian husbands, even ordinary soldiers can't bear it.

"A fire is a fire, put out the fire, put out all the torches!"

Hart, who was hiding behind the boulder in embarrassment, noticed the fire in the distance, suddenly understood something, and shouted to the soldiers to put out the fire quickly.

Realizing that the officer who escaped his life by chance, he quickly greeted the soldiers and civilian husbands, and quickly extinguished the torches.

Soon the pier was plunged into darkness.

Looking at the dark pier, the heavy artillery commander on the flagship hesitated for a moment, and said to Zhu Zhangui, "Your Highness, without the guidance of the fire, if you fire again, you will easily accidentally injure your own people."

The sea surface is different from the land. You can shoot at will without fixing the angle.

On the sea, especially at night when the sea is windy and rough, after a round of shooting, the artillerymen need to readjust the angle and calculate the distance.

Now that the Marine Corps is landing, if you fire rashly, it is easy to accidentally injure your own people.

If the distance is adjusted farther and the shells fired hit the open space, it will be of little significance.

"Order the ships to stop firing and tell the Marines that the rest of the battle is up to them."

"If it doesn't work, let them go back and fight again at dawn tomorrow."

Hu Yu next to him received the order, and just raised the walkie-talkie to convey Zhu Zhangui's order, when Zhu Zhangui reached out to stop him.

"Notify the ships that they don't need to fire. The marines have already landed."

(End of this chapter)