open sea

Chapter 344
The manpower brought by Qi Zhengyan is basically an organized regular army except for lack of strength.

That is to say, after the general situation was gone, they retreated in an organized manner.

A total of 390 five people, 25 cavalry, most of them are warriors; four heads.

Don't ask why horses are counted on their heads, Chen Mu now feels that Mongolian horses are not cheap.

There are hundreds of Japanese pirates in the navy, the rich wear armor and the poor are bare-chested, and some of them are fully armored. Their weapons range from spears, spears, knives, knives to stone-throwing bows and arrows.

The iron cannon team of the Ming army with the size of a general banner used real iron cannons. Qi Zhengyan purchased a very distinctive iron cannon nearby through the businessman Xiao Xilongzuo.The characteristics are fine workmanship, different lengths, and different calibers, but they look good.

They even brought three heralds, which seemed to be stronger than the three hundred households, because they could fight alone regardless of the good or bad.

Limited to the number of troops, large corps operations are definitely not enough, but scattered operations are their strong point.

After contacting Long Junxiong, Liandou and Japanese soldiers, it was confirmed that they were indeed what Qi Zhengyan said, they were defeated in Japan, because he had a way to escape, and now his future is uncertain, and he has no other ideas, just like Lu Song Like other Japanese pirates on the island, they want to work hard for a living.

But after all, it is also a regular army over there, and its military quality is better than that of the ronin under Liandou.

"This is the map. For the next battle, my lord wants us to go to sea with Junxiong. We may board the ship and seize the ship. For each large ship captured, we will be rewarded with two hundred coins." Qi Zhengyan spread out a sketch and showed it to the sailors Tonasa Nipponsuke and Tou Hyogosuke, a samurai who was rescued by him, said: "If there is no naval battle and only land battle, you will also be rewarded with good money after winning."

Money can be divided into good and evil. For example, Japan’s self-made money and severely worn Song money will be called bad money, while Ming money has become the most good money flowing into Japan because Yongle Tongbao was used as a tribute trade currency.

Qi Zhengyan said two hundred guan of good money, 200 taels of silver in Ming Dynasty, and 500 taels of silver in Japan, so Qi Zhengyan didn't directly mention silver, it would be less.

"The lord has never been stingy with rewards, and he has devoted himself to fighting for meritorious service. The level of official position and the amount of money are all based on the depth of loyalty."

Nazuo's Japanese assistant stared at Qi Zhengyan, who seemed to be giving orders, and was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Oh, it seems that Zhengyan is going to be a general now—I understand, seize the ship and kill the enemy, and gain Chen Shuai's trust!"

Here, we still have to rely on Qi Zhengyan!
On the second day of August, Manila Bay.

boom!
There was a loud noise on the sea, and a shark ship from Nanyang Weixin with [-] supplies collided with a fuchuan that had been damaged in the previous typhoon. It slammed into the hull along the gap without hindrance, and almost the entire bow plunged into the blessing boat, almost like riding on it.

Chen Mu nodded slowly on the shore, put away the binoculars and said to Chen Lin beside him, "The keel should be broken at this depth."

"It was broken, and it was much stronger than before." Chen Lin still held up the binoculars, with a dilemma on his face, and said, "It's not appropriate for Nanyang Guard to send such a weapon at this time. How good is the year?"

Chen Mu nodded, agreeing with Chen Lin's words very much, and said: "Although we know that artillery battles at sea are better than jumping battles, it is inevitable that we will encounter jumping battles, and we will specially prepare some ships with changed horns. When it's time to jump, hit him hard."

Speaking of which, Chen Mu said with emotion: "Although Laoguan made this thing a bit expensive, it is very useful. Hey! Is it sinking? It's sinking."

With only one impact, the explosion on the waterline broke the hull. After reducing the resistance, the impact of the hull at the same speed was more powerful, and it directly hit a slightly smaller Fuchuan.

Chen Mu even believed that even if the enemy ship was bigger, this collision would sink the enemy ship, because the breach was too big, and the cracks and loopholes under the waterline could not be repaired temporarily by a boatman.

This kind of power is due to the progress of Lao Guan's skills. The old man has been tinkering with artillery and warships in Nanyangwei. Armament science served as a teacher, accidentally tossing a new angle of collision.

In fact, the ramming angle is not very useful to Chen Mu's fleet now. Most of the larger hulls do not have oars, and more artillery. After jumping at sea to help Madman Spain, he removed the hindrance of the ram on the new warship.

But Guan Yuangu’s idea is still very good. He used a metal semi-solid ram, put hundreds of catties of gunpowder in it, and inserted it into the existing ram of the bow with a mortise and tenon to form an explosive ram. , There are two biggest technical difficulties.

One is to make the splicing stronger, and Nanyangwei's more excellent metal rice processing plays a role; the other is the ignition mechanism of the collision angle explosion. Laoguan used Qi Jiguang's steel wheel to ignite in the northern mines.

When the ram hits something, the middle part will sink, and the two sharp parts will penetrate into the hull, and the middle part will be squeezed and moved by the ship, and the internal mechanism will be pulled, and the steel wheel will quickly rub against the flint to ignite the gunpowder. This ignition mechanism determines that the fire will only start when the ram plunges into the enemy ship, followed by a loud bang.

14 The taels of silver and the hull of the enemy ship burst open together, and the cracks will expand into holes with the subsequent impact of the warships, and the holes can be filled into the entire bow of the ship.

In fact, this thing is more than 14 taels, but the cost is indeed so high, because it only needs a lot of iron and gunpowder. As for the wages—no, Chen Mu does not need wages, and now his craftsmen are all paid.

This idea is awesome!

Guan Yuangu sent people here with two rams and a new bow shark boat for him to try after two experiments in Nanyangwei.

Chen Mu watched the lucky boat that was damaged in the storm sinking slowly, very satisfied, and said: "In the future, each fleet can prepare one such boat, a five-hundred-year-old shark boat, which can be used for both large and small boats. Clash, fight normally, those Western barbarians must be rushing us to collide, thinking that they are invincible in jumping battles."

At this moment, Chen Lin said: "It is true that the world is invincible. I have read the Xiyi sea battle book, and I am far inferior to them in terms of jumping."

"It doesn't matter. There are six boats in a fleet, and five of them are avoiding them. If a shark boat hits them, they will definitely not expect it. Once it hits, they will send a boat to feed the fish. And this way of getting angry should not be placed on the bow. It should be placed on the bow." In the cannon, in the shell."

"Ok?"

Chen Lin turned his head in surprise, and saw Chen Mu crossing his arms and looking at the sea, his eyes were deep and wishful thinking was written all over his face.

"For larger cannons, make a kind of pointed shell, which is filled with gunpowder and mixed with small iron pellets. When it hits something, the steel wheel will ignite and explode; in the future, the ship, especially the ship with a ram, does not need a palm mine. Now, make eight or nine catties of explosive bundles, wrap a layer of iron pellets on the outside, use long twisters, hit them, ignite them, and throw them on the enemy ships, and the explosion will be even harder!"

(End of this chapter)