Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 835, The first naval battle between Ming and Portugal

Goa, the waters at the mouth of the Zuari Sea, the weather is sunny and the sky is blue, but the strong smell of gunpowder is constantly permeating the sea.

"Dong Dong~"

Accompanied by rounds of rumbling shelling, billowing white smoke rose above the battleships, and shells whizzed past in the air.

King Ning's battleships formed a formation on the sea area. There were two huge battleships, and rows of artillery spewed out flames. The dense projectiles flew towards the Portuguese battleships like rain.

"Left full rudder~"

"Full speed ahead~"

"Short the distance as soon as possible and rush out!"

Vasco felt the huge water columns rising one after another from the sea area around him, and his face was very ugly. The artillery range of the Ming people was farther than theirs, and the attacks were more intensive. The key is that the number of artillery pieces is very large. The speed is also faster.

In addition, the battleships of the Ming Dynasty are larger than theirs, and there are more in number. If they really fight against the Ming people, they might have to explain all of their dozens of warships here.

So his plan is to rush out, and when the distance is close, he will attack the Daming people several times fiercely, so that the Ming people will know how powerful they are, and they will not fight back when they are beaten. This is not the style and tradition of robbers.

If it weren't for the huge disparity in strength, he would have to fight to the end with the Ming people in front of him.

People who go to sea in this era are basically robbers, ruffians, hooligans, or down-and-out nobles, etc. In short, it is just a word, and they are not easy to mess with.

Behind the Portuguese, the ships of the King of Shu were also dispatched. Only the remaining eight ships were equipped with artillery, their sails bulged, and they rushed towards them.

"Whoo~"

A round of shells whizzed towards them. Under the dense shell shells, several unlucky warships were shot, and the powerful inertial impact made holes in the battleships. At the same time, it was accompanied by the painful wailing of the injured sailors.

"Rush, rush out with all your strength~"

"The Ming people's artillery is a bit accurate~"

Vasco looked at the situation on his own side, and his eyebrows couldn't help but twitch.

The artillery of the Ming people was very accurate, and the hit rate was so high at such a long distance.

They have no way to disperse now. After just a few rounds of salvos, some warships on their side have been damaged. There was even an unlucky warship whose mast was knocked down, and its speed dropped sharply.

"Dong Dong~ Dong Dong~"

As the distance between the two sides got closer, the attacks of King Ning's battleship became more and more intensive. Under the cover of powerful artillery, the shells formed a dense rain of bullets.

When the rain of bullets fell, a column of water would inevitably rise up, and at the same time, some unlucky Portuguese warships were hit.

However, the artillery of this era is all solid bullets, and its power is actually quite limited. Even if it is hit by the artillery, unless it hits the core, it will not be easily sunk.

Only after weapons such as explosive bombs and fish were developed, the ships became extremely fragile, and often a single fish was enough to ruin a warship.

A dozen Portuguese warships almost rushed out to the open sea under the heavy rain of bullets, and the distance between them was getting closer and closer.

"Fire~"

"Let these Daming people know how powerful we are."

Vasco, who had been extremely aggrieved, finally let out his own roar, and finally entered the range of their artillery, which was really not easy.

In such a short period of time, more than a dozen warships were basically damaged, three warships had lost their combat capabilities, two were seriously injured, and the rest were more or less scarred.

"Yeah~"

All of a sudden, on the Portuguese warships, the Portuguese sailors roared angrily.

People who were originally licking blood on the edge of their swords were all local hooligans, pirates, bandits and the like, and they were all extremely brave, so they entered their range.

Thick gunpowder smoke rose from the Portuguese battleships immediately, and shells attacked King Ning's battleships one by one.

For a while, the two sides fought fiercely together.

You come and go to each other, and round after round of artillery fire pours towards each other.

But as the distance got closer, the hit rate of the Daming's artillery began to increase rapidly.

Accompanied by a round of unison, a large number of projectiles roared past.

The Raphael, where Vasco was located, was attacked by seven or eight shells in an instant, and the battleship was severely damaged in an instant, and one of the masts was broken.

Vasco, a down-and-out nobleman of the Portuguese, was also very unlucky. A piece of wood shattered by a shell was directly cut to death, ending his sinful life.

"Boom~Boom~"

The dense artillery came round after round, and the advantage of the rate of fire began to be brought into play, especially the Miyun artillery purchased from the Miyun Iron Works, which began to show terrifying power at this moment.

It took the Portuguese a few minutes to load a shell, and the Miyun Cannon could fire several times a minute, round after round of artillery attacks.

Add to that the horrible hit rate.

After the Portuguese warships only fired the first round of artillery fire, half of the warships were severely damaged and completely lost their combat capabilities.

After the second round of artillery fire, the remaining half of the battleships were almost severely damaged again. The Raphael had already begun to flood, seriously rolled over, and was gradually sinking into the sea.

There was only one battleship that was still in good condition and was struggling constantly, but it was quickly attacked by many warships. After two rounds of artillery fire, the last Portuguese warship was also lying on the sea, very The white flag was raised decisively.

On the side of Zuali’s estuary, the ships of the King of Shu were picking up corpses, and they were bombarding the Portuguese warships that were lying down, in order to vent their depression of being bullied by the Portuguese these days.

"Stop attacking~"

"Take over all surrendered ships."

The battle didn't last long, and under Liu Yangzheng's suggestion, King Ning didn't kill these Portuguese quickly.

These Portuguese ships can be pulled back and repaired, maybe they can be used.

The Portuguese who surrendered were strong and strong, and they pulled down the Nanyang region. One person can sell dozens of taels of silver, which is also a good income. There are also artillery, weapons and equipment on these ships. For the current King Ning, It is also very precious.

Battleships quickly came to the Portuguese battleships one after another, and the cannons were aimed at these Portuguese warships. Even the most arrogant Portuguese had to honestly raise their hands at this moment, and was shot Daming tied up.

The first sea battle between Ming Dynasty and Portugal ended with the complete victory of Ming Dynasty King Ning warship.

Relying on the number of warships, coupled with the advantages of formation, artillery range and rate of fire, and extremely high hit rate, King Ning's fleet wiped out more than a dozen Portuguese warships with extremely slight losses, and captured thousands of ordinary people. .

In the Goa area, the small town temporarily established by the king of Shu is here.

The town is very simple, the houses are very low, and the roads are very dirty. It was originally a small town at the mouth of Zuali in the Goa area, but it was occupied by the King of Shu.

King Zhu Binhan of Shu also brought his team to the simple wharf at Hekou to meet King Ning. No matter what, King Ning did him a big favor this time.

"Uncle Shu Wang~"

King Ning, who was full of smiles, got off the King Ning ship, and when he saw King Shu who was about the same age as him, he also greeted him with a smile.

This was the first time the two princes met, and the princes of the Ming Dynasty were sad because of this. Even though they were both royal relatives, they had never met each other.

In Daming, they were restricted and monitored everywhere, but when they went out to sea, they were immediately free.

"King Ning~"

Zhu Binhan stepped forward and said with a smile: "This place is simple, I can only wrong you."

"Why are you wronged? We all went to sea to lay down a foundation. Now it is the beginning of the foundation. Uncle Shu Wang has a very good vision."

"Although this place is very simple now, but the terrain is very good, and it has a high-quality harbor. As long as it is well managed, it will definitely become an extremely prosperous and wealthy vassal state in the future."

King Ning looked around and said.

"Hey, it's difficult. I don't know where the funds come from."

"There are also local aborigines, and this place is far away from Daming, so everything is difficult."

The king of Shu smiled and shook his head and said.

After leaving the sea and really occupying his own colony, he really realized the difficulty of being the master of the country. How many people under his command follow him, they need to eat, drink, and have a future.

There are still enemies outside, and looking at the crude and extremely backward place in front of him, he regrets it a little, he might as well honestly raise it as a pig on his fief.

"Everything is difficult at the beginning~"

"Uncle Shu, this time I defeated the Portuguese, and I am going to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy the Guli Kingdom of the Portuguese. This Guli Kingdom is just south of Goa and is very close to each other. At that time, you and I will need to help each other a lot. Yes."

King Ning nodded, thought for a while and said.

Naturally, helping is not for nothing, and now is the time to carve up the territory. King Ning of the Guli Kingdom has taken a fancy to it, so naturally he has to talk to the King of Shu first, so as to avoid conflicts over the territory in the future.

"Aren't you going to Africa?"

When the king of Shu heard this, he thought for a while and asked.

"Of course I want to go to Africa, but there is no contradiction in occupying the Guli country. After occupying the Guli country, I can first establish a vassal state in the Guli country. Using this as a transit point, it will be easy to go to Africa."

Ning Wang thought for a while and said.

"It's a good idea."

"Alright, when the time comes, your Ning Kingdom and my Shu Kingdom will be side by side. Next, we will send troops together to wipe out the local aborigines. After conquering these aborigines, we can start to build a vassal state."

Zhu Binhan thought for a while and nodded in agreement. Although he was a bit reluctant, this Guli country is better than the Goa region, but now it is cheaper than King Ning, and the two vassal states are so close to each other. Expansion is bound to involve some conflicts.

But who said that his strength is not as good as King Ning, and he was also helped by King Ning.

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(End of this chapter)