The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 121 Playing with Pirates
He Xiang, Bai Mudan, Bai Furong and other teachers are busy every day, and each of them is responsible for the study of dozens of servants!

The Huang family prepared a lot of supplies for the voyage, including orange powder, tea, naan, and dried beef. They also threw down trawling nets to improve food and obtain protein.

The sailors and gunners on the three lucky boats looked at the bustling Huang's fleet with envy, but unfortunately they couldn't waste their time here to rush to the post.

The sailors of the Huang family fleet are all veterans with rich experience and good skills. Among them, more than a dozen of them transported private goods for the adults and traveled across the country of Japan. They are no strangers to this route.

Of course, Huang Sheng was not ashamed to ask questions. He often chatted with old sailors who had traveled to Japan, and gained some knowledge of maritime trade and shipping.

The fleet had a smooth journey before reaching the waters of the Five Islands Islands, and no pirates were found at all.

When they got here, dubious sea ships began to approach. They found that Huang Sheng's fleet was not small, with dozens of cannons, and then hid away.

Huang Sheng started to observe in person early on, planning to rob the pirates. Regardless of whether they have property or not, a Japanese Zhuyin ship is worth 4 to [-] taels of silver.

Because there were sailors on board who knew the destination, Huang Sheng's "Guangning" broke away from the fleet, because he took a fancy to a lonely pirate ship. A few days ago, two or three suspected pirate ships approached and peeped.

Finally found the lone wolf today. Huang Sheng had never been a pirate before. He took it for granted that since the pirates had several warships, they should be quite powerful.

But if they want to do business without capital with only one warship, their strength should not be very good, and their home port should be easier to fight.

What Huang Sheng was eyeing was a sea-going ship about the size of Fu Chuan No. [-], and I don't know what type of ship it was called. It looked very powerful, with five cannons no less than four pounds on the left and right strings.

It is much taller than my own straw boat, and the speed seems to be faster than the No. [-] Fuchuan.

Of course, the pirate ship must be faster than the No. [-] Fuchuan, otherwise the robbed ship will run away with full sail, and how to rob if it cannot catch up?

The naughty Huang Sheng was going to let this pirate ship go home quickly. He didn't have time to follow it all day. If it brought enough supplies and didn't go back for a month, wouldn't he be happy for nothing.

It’s too easy for the sea ship to decide to go home right away, just give him a few shots to hurt him, the ship is broken, the pirates of course have to rush back to repair it, and aim at it from a distance, will such a tall thing be lost? ?

In order to confuse the pirates, you can't reveal your ship's speed, just a little bit faster than their ship is enough.

Huang Sheng didn't have any psychological pressure on the vicious idea of ​​preparing to kill people and rob goods this time, because he had already seen the unique flowery heads of Japanese pirates.

Of course there is nothing better than snatching a little devil!

The 'Guangning' was approaching the pirate ship, but the other party didn't even realize it. As it got closer, Mr. Huang, who was observing with a telescope, began to moan.

The ten cannons on that ship had a panoramic view. They were all black and shiny, and they were all new ones, bigger than his own four-pound cannon. This showed that the ship was much stronger than his own 'Guangning'.

The 'Guangning' was reinforced to install six four-pound guns, which is already the limit.

They have ten guns that should be around six pounds at once, and the speed of such a ship can be faster than the No. [-] Fuchuan. If I get such a sea-going ship and transform it with Huangjiashan Island's leading technology, I will have A tall, strong, fast ship of war.

Still approaching, the situation on the ship was already clear at a glance. I saw more than [-] strong men with Japanese swords in their arms. They were all wearing cowhide breastplates.

These Japanese pirates looked very tough, their bronzed skin was shining in the sun, they suddenly saw the approaching 'Guangning' and they all came to the bow and pointed.

They couldn't imagine that this straw boat, which was much smaller than their warship, came to attack them, and they were all watching.

Huang Sheng called Wang Lianfa, the best gunner, and said: "I am going to get close enough to attack the Japanese pirate ship with artillery fire. How many shots can you lead the brothers to hit the target before the enemy ship can fight back?"

Wang Lianfa was originally an old gunner on a warship of the Ming army. He made great achievements as a gunner when he attacked Wanghaidun, and participated in the attack on the Jiannu patrol. Now he is a small flag officer in charge of two artillery pieces and three gunmen.

It turned out that the lord was going to give him the task of firing the first shot to attack the pirates. The kid immediately became excited and stood at attention and said loudly, "Report to the lord, I can hit at least three shells when I fire the cannon myself, and I can't say at most."

"Okay, it's up to you, make preparations, it's up to you to decide when to shell!"

"Yes! The little one takes the order! I promise to complete the task." Wang Lianfa immediately trotted to the gun position at the bow.

"Liu Liangcai!"

"Report, my lord, I have a lowly position!" Liu Liangcai, the captain of the 'Guangning', stood at attention and shouted loudly.

"My officer orders you to take full command of the 'Guangning' to meet the enemy, and only two words are required. It is up to you how to let the enemy ship be shot but unable to retaliate."

"Report, my lord, if a shell from the Japanese pirate ship hits our ship, I will apologize with death!"

This old sailor is not blowing his breath, and he has done this kind of drill countless times.

Not to mention playing hide-and-seek with such a big guy, even a straw boat that has not been modified by the Huang family can play with it at the level of the 'Guangning'.

The arrangement was completed, and the new tactics of naval warfare were about to be born. All of this was just taken for granted by Huang Sheng without practice. At this moment, he felt a little irritable, regretting that he had forgotten a major event.

Because he saw three women, He Xiang, Bai Mudan, and Li Guixiang, and knew that there were six girls on board!In case one's own tactics are ineffective, the artillery of the enemy ship hits one's warship.

Cannonballs don't know how to be sympathetic, even if they are unlucky, they may die in battle. They should all go to the "Gaizhou" when they leave the fleet.

It's not too late to mend the situation, Huang Sheng ordered: "Secretary Hexiang!"

The beauty was busy, when she heard the young master calling her, and she still called her that way, she froze for a moment, then immediately realized, she stood at attention and said in a loud voice, "Reporting to my lord, I am humble."

"You immediately take all the women down to the bottom deck, and you are not allowed to leave without my notice."

He Xiang's pretty face changed color all of a sudden, and she cried, "Yes, I obey!"

She knew that at this time, she couldn't love her children, so she didn't dare to disobey the order, so she took Bai Mudan back and walked away.

Huang Sheng continued to observe the enemy ship. At this time, the naked eye was able to see the enemy clearly. At this time, the Japanese pirates sensed that the 'Guangning' was coming in a bad way, and they were ready to bombard the ship.

Just when they lowered the sails and turned the rudder with all their hands and feet, the 'Guangning' opened fire. The first shell of Huang's sea battle drew a beautiful arc and landed directly on the deck of the enemy ship. Due to its long range and penetrating power, Not strong enough.

The deck of the enemy ship was quite strong, and the iron ball-shaped projectiles did not break through the deck and penetrate into the cabin, but jumped and bumped wildly. Two Japanese pirates were caught off guard and were brought down, blood splashed and wailed immediately.

The enemy ship was attacked for no reason, and the Japanese pirates on board were shouting and cursing. They would never have imagined that a warship twice as small as their own would dare to attack them.

The enemy was angry, they wished they could jump on this damn warship and cut those bold Ming people in half with Japanese swords.

(End of this chapter)