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Chapter 517 Massive loot
As Jiang Bin's order was conveyed, all the artillery of the Ming Fleet opened fire at once, and all the sea surface was filled with the roar of artillery fire.

This time, Afonso searched for almost all the warships under his command that could be dispatched, and together with the reinforcements sent by Portugal, it can be said that he assembled this amazingly powerful fleet.

Just fighting against each other, these Portuguese in the battle formation showed quite astonishing strength. After all, the Portuguese can cross the sea, and the strength of the navy is still quite strong.

Not to mention other things, at least in terms of hit rate, it is better than Daming's side.

Who made Daming almost give up the navy for so many years, that is, Daming opened the sea in the past few years, coupled with Li Huan's strong support, and frantically pouring money into the navy, this is how the Daming navy can be piled up today scale out.

However, the ships can still be piled up by relying on the background of the Ming Dynasty, but there is obviously a shortage of suitable sailors with real war experience.

If Li Huan hadn't ordered the navy to train with live ammunition, the Daming navy might not even have the strength it has now.

But now the Daming Navy has been drilled anyway. Although it is not as good as the Portuguese, but with the support of the ships and the obviously better artillery, it can still compete with the Portuguese. .

On the ships in the distance, many officials sent by the court can be said to have seen such a war scene for the first time.

Thousands of sails competed on the sea surface, and the two sides added up to hundreds of large ships shelling each other. Almost thousands of cannons fired shells at each other non-stop. From time to time, you could see ships being hit by shells, or burning The fire was raging, or it was sunk by shells and sank into the sea.

Gunpowder smoke filled the surface of the sea. It can be said that the cruelty of sea battles is no less than that of land battles. On the vast sea, even if you want to escape, there is nowhere to escape, so the two sides colliding in one place can only fight desperately.

And this scene definitely brought a great shock to those officials. Many people even opened their eyes wide, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

"Are...these barbarians the Portuguese that Lord Qin mentioned?"

Although the officials headed by Yan Song said they were aware of the existence of the Portuguese, in their perception, the Portuguese were just like the natives of Nanyang, and they could only submit to them when facing the Great Tomorrow Dynasty.

Even though they also knew that the Portuguese had fought against Ming Dynasty not long ago, this still couldn't change their perception of the Portuguese.

But at this moment, when they saw the Portuguese fleet fighting fiercely with the Daming Navy fleet with their own eyes, they could imagine how complicated the mood of Yan Song and others was.

Li Huan saw the expressions of Yan Song and others, nodded lightly and said: "Yes, these are Portuguese. I wonder what Lord Yan thinks?"

Taking a deep breath, Yan Song said with a dignified look: "From the following officials' point of view, these Portuguese barbarians are definitely my confidant's serious troubles. If they can't resist, they will definitely bring me back to Da Ming in the future." great calamity."

People like Yan Song can be said to be the elites of an era, and they still have some vision. Now that they have seen the size of the Portuguese navy fleet, they can naturally understand that if the Ming Dynasty still seals off the sea as before, then once these barbarians If the tentacles reach the sea area of ​​Daming, it will inevitably become the scourge of Daming.

Li Huan just nodded slightly.

Seeing that Li Huan didn't speak, Yan Song pondered for a while and said to Li Huan: "I don't know how the Duke thinks we are going to face these barbarians?"

Li Huan couldn't help but glanced at Yan Song in surprise when he heard the words, and then reacted with a light smile: "Naturally, the mere barbarians want to wipe them out completely, interrupting their thoughts of going south. He will send heavenly soldiers to destroy his ancestral temple and destroy his country."

Yan Song couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, obviously he was not satisfied with Li Huan's words, but he obviously also had self-knowledge, even if he was a little dissatisfied with Li Huan's words that he wanted to destroy the country, he didn't show it.

In Yan Song's view, as a kingdom of heaven, Ming Dynasty should naturally have the magnanimity of a kingdom of heaven. The Portuguese invaded the interests of Ming Dynasty, and only needed to teach the Portuguese a lesson. The ancestral temple, so it really loses the bearing of the heaven and the kingdom.

Naturally, Li Huan didn't know what Yan Song was thinking, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care. After all, there are not a few people in this era who think like Yan Song, and it can even be said that most of them think like Yan Song.

The Portuguese navy here relied on excellent sailors, and the hit rate of the shells was extremely high, which caused a lot of damage to the Ming side.

It's a pity that in comparison, the artillery shells used by the Portuguese during this period were still dominated by solid shells, and most of the warships built by Ming Dynasty were extremely strong new ships, compared to most of the Portuguese who had already served For ships that have been around for several years, both performance and defense are better.

Especially the dozens of Great Ming Treasure Ships. The hulls of the Great Ming Treasure Ships are extremely huge, and there is no ship in the Portuguese fleet that can match them.

The Treasure Ships of Ming Dynasty are equipped with a lot of artillery, so each Treasure Ship of Ming Dynasty is like a mobile fortress. Even several Treasure Ships of Ming Dynasty collided with some Portuguese warships with their huge hulls, forcing some small ships Grind it.

The ships of the two sides were almost entangled together, and many ships even had gang battles. The soldiers of both sides fought desperately in one place, and there were soldiers who fell into the sea everywhere on the sea.

Even Li Huan and the others, who were watching the battle from a distance, couldn't help but look a little dignified at this moment. Although it seems that the Ming side is not at a disadvantage, judging from the situation, I am afraid that they will win in the end, and it may be a miserable victory. .

As the commander of the capital, Zhang Huai's complexion was quite ugly at this time. Apparently Zhang Huai found that he was too optimistic before. Count Vince and those people are very different.

After all, almost all of what Afonso brought was a regular Portuguese navy, and its combat effectiveness and determination were obviously not comparable to a group of pirates.

The Earl of Hevens and the others just suffered some losses before and couldn't help but flee, leading to a big defeat, but now the Portuguese's losses are not small at all, but these Portuguese are fighting to the death and showing great tenacity.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Huai and the others couldn't help but sweat for the Daming Navy. Zhang Huai asked himself if he personally commanded the Navy fleet to fight against the Portuguese, I'm afraid he wouldn't be better than Jiang Bin. Do better.

When encountering such an opponent, no matter who it is, I am afraid that they will not be able to easily win a big victory.

There was a loud bang, and saw chips flying across the sea above a ship flying the Portuguese flag, and many Portuguese soldiers on the ship could be seen screaming and being blown out.

This ship is the flagship of the Portuguese fleet, and it is also the car of Governor Afonso. Afonso himself is on this ship. Even when this ship is hit, Afonso Fonso commanded the fleet battle from the ship.

The flag of the Portuguese flagship hanging on the ship itself has already attracted the attention of many Ming ships. From the beginning of the war to the present, several Ming treasure ships have focused on Afonso's flagship and bombarded it non-stop.

Can be used as the flagship, obviously this ship is also one of the best ships in the Portuguese fleet, and its ability to resist attacks is far superior to other warships, so in the rounds of bombardment, this flagship is hard to lose. suffered catastrophic damage.

But the bang just now directly caused fatal damage to this flagship, and I don’t know which shell fired from that ship directly hit the Portuguese’s gunpowder barrel, and the explosive bomb directly detonated the gunpowder barrel. The Portuguese flagship was blown out of a terrifying hole.

The turbulent sea water poured into the cabin crazily, and the whole ship sank at an extremely fast speed, while Afonso was hit by the shock wave, and was dragged by his men to escape to a place in a dizzy state. On top of a small boat, it did not sink into the sea with the sunken ship for the time being.

However, the sinking of Afonso's flagship had a great impact on the entire Portuguese fleet.

Originally, the Portuguese did not take any advantage during the fight. The war lasted for so long, and the damage caused to the Portuguese by Daming's explosive bullets almost reached the limit of the Portuguese. If it weren't for Afonso's flagship fighting to the death If the flag is retreated, even with the quality of the Portuguese navy, I am afraid that some people will not be able to escape at this moment.

However, with the silence of Afonso's flagship, the Portuguese fleet directly lost its command. Coupled with the fact that Afonso's life and death were unknown, the Portuguese were obviously in chaos, and even some Portuguese warships on the periphery had begun to get rid of their opponents and rise The sail fled to the distance.

The Portuguese's formation is in chaos. To be precise, the morale of the Portuguese can no longer support the opponent to fight any longer, and a large-scale rout has already begun.

The seriousness on the faces of Li Huan, Zhang Huai and others who saw this scene naturally disappeared, and Zhang Huai couldn't help but excitedly said: "Hahaha, we won, we have won!"

Anyone who is not a fool can see that, if nothing else happens, Daming won this battle.

And now, as the commander of the Daming Navy Fleet, Jiang Bin's ship is also in a mess. Even Jiang Bin, the commander, can be seen to be in trouble. After all, during the war, No one can guarantee that they can really be safe and sound.

The treasure ship that Jiang Bin was on also suffered a few shells, and there were guards among the sawdust flying across. The treasure ship that Bin was on was able to withstand the shelling of dozens of solid bullets without too much damage, and he persisted until the end.

When Jiang Bin was keenly aware that the Portuguese fleet was in chaos, Jiang Bin was overjoyed and ordered the whole army to attack without hesitation, taking advantage of the victory to pursue the order.

As the Ming Navy fleet began to frantically pursue the fleeing Portuguese ships, the Ming-Portuguese Malacca naval battle, which lasted for a full two hours, finally came to an end.

According to post-war statistics, the Ming Dynasty sank more than [-] Portuguese warships in this battle, captured more than [-] ships of all sizes, and only dozens of ships escaped.It can be said that this battle directly wiped out the Portuguese's strength in the East by seven or eight points.

What's more important is that Afonso, who was the governor of Portugal in India, also fell into the hands of Daming in the end, and became a prisoner of Daming directly.

Of course, after this battle, the price Da Ming paid was not small. There were more than [-] ships that were directly silenced, and almost every ship was slightly or severely damaged. Repairs, plus the captured Portuguese ships, the loss of the Daming Navy fleet this time is not serious.

In the Straits of Malacca, in the huge mansion, Li Huan looked at Wu Liang in a flying fish suit and asked, "What's the result of the interrogation?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Liang turned to Li Huan solemnly and said: "My lord, after a few days of interrogation, I have figured out the specific information about these Portuguese in Goa, India."

Li Huan frowned and said, "Oh, what's the result?"

Wu Liang said with some excitement: "My lord, you don't know. According to the account of the Portuguese captured by us, after about a year, they defeated the Arabs and the Tianzhu navy in the Tianzhu sea area, and successfully Occupies a considerable area and looted a lot of wealth."

The eyes of Yan Song, Zhang Huai, and Yang Lie sitting on the side immediately lit up when they heard the words, and their eyes fell directly on Wu Liang, and Zhang Huai said directly to Wu Liang: "Quickly tell me, where is the wealth these people searched for? place?"

Wu Liang looked at Li Huan subconsciously, and Li Huan nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Wu Liang took a deep breath and said, "According to the accounts of the Portuguese, they searched for a lot of wealth in Tianzhu. They used elephants to pull it for several days. All kinds of gold and silver vessels, Buddha statues, etc. The wealth is piled up like a mountain, and now the wealth is stored in the treasury of the Goa Governor's Mansion, and it is said that it will be transported back to the mainland by a large ship in the coming year..."

Everyone's breathing became short of breath when they heard the words, even literati like Yan Song and Yang Lie couldn't help but widen their eyes, which were full of greed.

What a huge amount of wealth it was, and it needed to be transshipped by a large ship. It would be fine if they didn't know about such a wealth. Now that they knew it, if they didn't get it, they would regret it for the rest of their lives.

Zhang Huai stood up straight away and said to Li Huan, "General, please order me to lead the army to Goa to crush the Portuguese camp in Tianzhu."

Yan Song, Yang Lie and the others also looked at Li Huan expectantly at this time, without the reservation of a literati at all, let alone jumping out to oppose mobilizing troops to use foreign troops.

Li Huan glanced at everyone, nodded slowly and said, "In this case, order Jiang Bin to dispatch a fleet to Goa immediately, and make sure to annihilate the Portuguese and flatten the Portuguese stronghold in Tianzhu."

After Li Huan's words fell, the faces of all the people present were filled with joy, even Yan Song and Yang Lie breathed a sigh of relief, they were afraid that Li Huan would not agree to send an army to conquer Goa.

[Those who have a monthly pass will be smashed. 】

(End of this chapter)