open sea

Chapter 721 Stone Cannon
The first shipwreck and loss of life after the Ming army's Eastern Expedition occurred in the Vallarta naval battle.

Among the shore fire cannons distributed on the cliffs along the coastline, an antique bronze stone-shooting cannon older than Chen Mu bombarded a huge 150-jin stone bullet two miles away.

This cannon was manufactured in Seville 50 years ago. It participated in three battles in Europe. In two of the battles, the stone bombs were all missed. The third time it was simply too heavy because of the change of the battlefield. After the war, they will be pulled back to Seville.

At that time, people discovered that in addition to attacking fortresses on the battlefield, this kind of land warfare heavy artillery was no longer suitable for increasingly flexible and changeable battlefields.

Later, it was used as a naval heavy artillery and was installed on the bow of a large galleon leading to Manila. Except that it was used as a deterrent weapon on the coast of Peru, it fired a projectile 600 meters away from the target and hit the side of the army. The boulder bombs in front of the formation are useless.

When Philip dispatched a batch of cast-iron naval guns bought by the Netherlands to New Spain, they were placed in Acapulco on the coast of Mexico to eat ashes until the threat of the Ming army made the legion in Vallarta. It was only when the port water village was erected that it was able to see the light of day again.

The stone-shooting cannon is an early cannon, which was active in the wars of the fifteenth century. For example, the Urban cannon that bombed Constantinople was such a thing. It has basically withdrawn from the battlefield by now. In this era, all artillery was destroyed. Called Canon.

Cannon, from the Latin Canna, is actually a pipe.

It was the first time that this huge stone-shooting cannon hit the enemy accurately in half a century since it was poured into shape.

When the huge stone bombs fell from the coast to the sea, a large shark ship of the Ming army, which was the main force of the artillery battle, gave the target a fatal blow with a broadside gun [-] steps away from the armed merchant ship moored in the port. The shot blasted half of the hull to pieces.

Of course, this is the result of the joint efforts of this big shark ship named 'Chitu' and the two main gunboats of the same level in front. Obviously, their target will soon sink into the sea due to the imbalance of the hull.

The captain of the Chitu Ship is a young Baihu, named Lin Huer, who was born in Xinhui, Guangzhou Prefecture. He lost his relatives in Zeng Yiben's plundering of the coast. Join the Ming army with a heart of gratitude.

The young people in Guangdong in that era had the same life trajectory as Lin Huer. The common people would not take the initiative to serve as the banner army if they were not forced into a desperate situation, had no unresolved vengeance, and were not hooked by the county magistrate.

Even if they are paid as soldiers, they are more willing to join the family troops of Yu Dayou or other generals, the Banner Army, they are like dogs who listen to people calling and drinking, what are they?
After Lin Hu'er joined the army, she didn't catch up with the war for several years. She went to Nanyang for more than a year of training, and became a small banner officer in a daze without knowing what happened.

Just received two months salary, seven shimi a month, and the joy of carrying a mirror waist knife has not yet passed, and because I have nothing to do, I have learned some Luzon dialect from the local people, which is considered by hundreds of households to be a good idea. Cai, as a test general banner to help train the vassal banner army.

After six months of military training in the Southern Guard of Lusong, a lot of officer positions were vacated by the newly established Three Guards on Sulu's side.

Participating in the Battle of Linlai, I didn't even have a chance to release my guns. I just followed the third batch of troops to attack the island on the beach. I took my headquarters and pitched a tent on the shore and slept until half the night. The cavalry with the flag on their backs had already run all over the island, and the battle was won.

Because there is no reward for cutting ranks, every promotion is due to military training, and there is no need to worry about food and clothing, but it is difficult to decide on life-long events. Finally, in the Battle of Nghe An, he bombarded a war elephant. Shang's third daughter had just had her second son when she sailed to Beiyang with Shi Qi.

Lin Hu'er is only 22 years old this year. She rides a steed and wears a breastplate with a pistol at her waist. It is the time when the spring breeze is proud and the future is bright. Otherwise, how dare you name the battleship Chitu?

He had thought about it a long time ago, if he can make meritorious service on the battlefield, he will make meritorious deeds on the battlefield, and it doesn't matter if he can't keep up with the earth-shattering sea battle.

In Asia, the Ming army should and will soon set up vassal guards. Under the rapid expansion, there must be vacancies for mid-level officers. In Majiagang, he got a man from Ya Nian to learn the local dialect, and in the boundary peninsula. He recruited one from the Zhengtu tribe, and he wanted to strive to be a deputy thousand household.

The 22-year-old deputy Qianhu!
This kind of great fortune befalls a Xinhui fisherman who has no ninth-rank officials in the eighteen generations of his ancestors. He can wake up with a smile in his dreams!
Now that he had sunk one enemy ship, he could sink many more, not just at Vallarta, but at Acapulco, and perhaps lead an army out of the way of Mexico City.

Everything is within reach.

Until after being artificially polished, the huge and heavy stone bullet fell with a palpitating scream, freezing Lin Huer's smile after sinking the enemy ship. Debris from the broken mizzenmast were reflected in his pupils.

The next moment, the bow of the ship was raised high, and countless exclamations and curses hit their ears. Everyone on the deck was sent flying, and the huge momentum penetrated from left to right through the poop and opened a large hole from the lower deck. Visibly burst.

boom!
When the tilted bow hit the sea heavily, its buoyancy was not enough to support the weight of the warship falling. It first sank heavily into the sea, then was suddenly lifted by the buoyancy, and went back and forth three times before it floated steadily on the sea again.

Lin Hu'er fell heavily on the ship from the heavy armor, her face was like gold paper, she couldn't even open her mouth to call out, her face was covered in blood, and a ten catty man on the upper deck was holding back his head. It smashed into the deck from the front, and half of the gun barrel got stuck in the middle.

The strong wind that hit Lin Hu'er was startled soberly. Her eyes were red and she didn't feel any pain. She just felt that she couldn't stand still when she was kneeling. Her neck was obviously not raised at all, but her gaze was lifted up from the sea level little by little. Looking back at the messy stern of the ship, I saw the flag army holding the mast and shouting at himself.

At this time, the sound of cannon fire, burning flames, screams of panic, and meaningless scolding, all sounds flooded into the ears again.

"Into his mother's rock, Lin Baihu—the ship is sinking!"

"Jump, jump, jump off the boat! Otherwise, you'll be caught dead below!"

Lin Hu'er, whose mind was still in confusion, wanted to shout "the boat is here and the people are here", but he hesitated for a while, and it was because of this hesitation that he lost the heroic moment of righteousness.

The speed of seawater pouring into the ship's buttocks was much faster than he had imagined, and before he could stand up, the bow of the Chitu Ship was almost vertical.

First, these sailor flag soldiers were thrown into the sea, and then the overturned hull slammed on the sea surface, smashing them into the bottom of the water.

　Good morning!I have something to go out today, Chapter 2 will be updated tonight, sorry!

　　
　
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