Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 169: The small shock brought by artillery fire!
Japanese pirate camp.

When the sky was just getting light, the Japanese pirate leader Kameda Inukai was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly awakened by a burst of shouting.

"Oh no, there are many ships on the sea, they seem to be Ming Dynasty warships."

Kameda Inukai jumped up from the bed, walked out of the room and looked at the sea in the distance.

The Japanese pirates' camp was located on an island and built against the mountain.

He lives halfway up the mountain.

The terrain is extremely high.

From here, you can see all the Ming Dynasty warships.

Dozens of large ships, majestic and magnificent, look quite impressive.

The little leader next to him said, "I heard that the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunhuan, led the newly established Ming Navy a few days ago and sailed out from the mouth of the Yangtze River to destroy us. Could this fleet be that fleet?"

Thanks to the publication and distribution of the Ming Daily throughout the Ming Dynasty, the news that Zhu Yunhuan led his troops to the sea had already been published in the newspaper.

Even how mighty and powerful the warships were was widely publicized and reported in the Da Ming Daily.

It is impossible to keep confidential the content of newspapers with a daily print volume of millions.

The Japanese pirates all saw the relevant news in the newspapers and immediately made the connection.

After all, there are Ming Dynasty navy near Wengshan County.

But the Ming navy only had some small sampans, not such huge warships.

"Eighty percent sure!" Kameda Inukai nodded, his eyes still fixed on the Ming warships ahead.

"It's over, it's over." The little leader was so scared that he lost his soul: "The Ming Dynasty's grandson is coming with his army, we are all finished."

He remembered the boasting in the newspapers, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was the master of all Ming generals and the military god of the Ming Dynasty, and that the army under his command would be invincible.

The others also turned pale with fear.

"What are you afraid of?" Kameda Inukai cursed angrily, "It's just flattery from the Ming court."

"Do you really believe that he is omnipotent and is the reincarnation of a god?"

"A teenage boy is leading a fleet out to sea this time, commanding a new army that has never been tested on the battlefield."

"Although their warships are majestic, there are not many of them."

"There are so many of us, we are in a strategic position, we don't need to be afraid of them."

A hint of ruthlessness flashed across Kameda Inukai's eyes, and then he began to arrange defense tasks.

Just then, two more people ran over.

Their bodies were shaking constantly, they were stumbling and unable to stand steadily, and it was obvious that they were very frightened.

"Sir, please release the boat quickly and let us escape."

As the two of them ran over, they shouted loudly.

They were people sent to the island by wealthy people in Zhejiang to pick up the goods.

That's right!

It is true that the Japanese pirates burned, killed and looted.

But this is only part of their business.

Just like drug dealers in later generations, murder and arson are not surprising, but their main business is always drug trafficking.

The same is true for the Japanese pirates.

The main business of the Japanese pirates was actually smuggling.

Burning, killing and looting are just incidental.

Smuggling is their main business.

It’s just that the Ming Dynasty government banned maritime trade.

Smuggling is a serious crime and anyone caught will be executed. It is not surprising that this group of "smugglers" committed murder and arson.

Anyway, we are all living on the edge of a knife, and death is inevitable.

Similar to drug dealers in later generations, they did not think killing was a big deal.

You have already committed a capital crime, so do you still care about killing one more person and committing one more capital crime?

It is precisely because of this that the Japanese pirates, whose main business was smuggling, were so brutal.

They don't care about human life at all.

At the same time, they also wanted to scare the people along the coast through killing and looting so that they would not dare to report their smuggling activities to the court.

In fact, the profits from smuggling were much higher than what the Japanese pirates gained from burning, killing and looting.

After all, selling a shipload of smuggled goods could earn tens to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

The Japanese pirates had many such smuggling ships, and one would arrive at the shore to unload cargo every day.

In comparison, it would be much more difficult to go ashore and rob a ship of goods of equivalent value.

The Ming Dynasty court was actually aware of this.

Hence, there is a saying that “when the market is closed, merchants become bandits, and when the market is open, bandits become merchants.”

If the Japanese pirates wanted to engage in large-scale smuggling, they naturally needed the cooperation of the gentry and landlords.

After all, the goods smuggled ashore still need people to distribute them.

When he heard what the two men said, murderous intent flashed in Kameda Inuyoshi's eyes.

brush!
He suddenly drew the samurai sword from his waist.

The cold light flashes!

Then two extremely shrill screams were heard.

The heads of the two men fell off one after another.

Until the moment of death, both of them still had their eyes wide open, with disbelief written all over their faces. Kameda Inukai sheathed his sword, and stared fiercely around with a hawk-like gaze: "If anyone dares to retreat and escape again, these two will be examples."

As the leader of the Japanese pirates, Kameda Inukai was also a man with extremely rich battlefield experience.

He knew very well that the first thing to do at this time was to stabilize the morale of the troops.

The warships of the Ming Navy are so powerful that if they were to go out to sea at this time, they would definitely be held hostage by the enemy, divided and attacked, and eventually fall apart.

"Guard them all!" Kameda Inukai said, "There are only about 40 warships coming, and the number of troops they carry will not be large."

"Our people can fight ten of the Ming army at once."

"We will stay inside the camp, defend it from the danger zone, and wait for them to attack, then annihilate them all."

“Only then can we board the ship and go out to sea to fight back.”

"Do you understand everything?"

He asked sharply.

"I understand!" Many small Japanese pirate leaders responded in unison.

Seeing that the boss spoke so clearly, the morale of the Japanese pirates began to stabilize.

They quickly woke everyone up and prepared for battle.

Just when Kameda Inukai and the Japanese pirates thought that the Ming navy would soon land and launch an attack.

Unexpectedly, the warships of the Ming Navy kept moving, but never launched an attack.

This made Kameda Inukai a little suspicious at first, but then he became happy.

"It seems that this Ming Dynasty's crown prince is really just a figure with an empty title and is hyped up."

"The warships were nearby, but they didn't realize that they could attack us immediately while we were not prepared."

"Still trying to be mysterious."

"Wait until we are ready. When he attacks again, we should teach him a lesson."

As soon as these words were spoken, other Japanese pirates also responded.

There was constant laughter.

When they first saw the Ming warships, they were very nervous and scared.

But as time went by, the Ming Navy did not launch an attack. Instead, they occupied strategic locations in the camp, prepared for battle, and gradually felt more at ease.

At this time, everyone began to laugh at the Ming Dynasty Navy and the legendary Crown Prince who was praised as being incompetent and did not know how to fight a war!

at this time.

suddenly.

boom!
A cannon shot.

next moment.

Before the Japanese pirates could figure out what was going on, countless "boom boom boom" sounds rang out almost at the same time.

Violent explosions occurred one after another.

In just a short moment, the entire Japanese pirate camp was covered by artillery fire.

Screams were heard, but were drowned out by the even more intense artillery fire and became inaudible.

Life is like dust, ruthlessly wiped out like a tiny ant.

Twenty-eight sailing ships, each with more than forty guns.

Although due to location restrictions, each warship can only fire from the cannons on one side of its side, but this still amounts to more than 500 guns.

All the shells are shrapnel shells.

More than 500 cannons fired at the same time, and more than 500 shells fell almost at the same time. You can imagine how terrifying the power was.

Moreover, these cannons are not the simple cannons used by the Ming army in the past. Each cannon has a aiming device and can shoot very accurately.

During this period of time, the Ming Manufacturing Bureau stepped up production.

Although the cannon is much larger in size, its actual manufacturing process is much simpler than that of the flintlock rifle.

In order for flintlock rifles to fire accurately and steadily, be mass-produced and ensure that there are no problems, craftsmen must undergo rigorous training.

However, although the rapid-fire gun is large in size, its actual technological requirements are much lower.

All that is needed is simple smelting and casting.

As long as you are willing to invest money, you can quickly produce a large number of rapid-fire cannons.

That is why thousands of rapid-fire cannons were produced in just a few months.

Zhu Yunhuan also allocated the attack range of each warship in advance to avoid duplication and omissions.

Once the firing was opened, the entire Japanese pirate camp was instantly covered without any blind spots.

This is not counting.

Because the focus of the rapid-fire cannon is on the word rapid-fire.

Then came the second round, the third round, the fourth round...

In an instant, the entire Japanese pirate camp disappeared, leaving only rolling artillery fire and gun smoke.

On the command ship, Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu witnessed this scene with their own eyes. They were so shocked that their mouths opened wide and they stood there in a daze, their eyeballs almost falling to the ground.

They were just thinking about how to attack in order to minimize their own casualties and at the same time annihilate the Japanese pirates on the shore.

In the blink of an eye, all the Japanese pirates are gone?
Just vanished like that?

Is war so simple?
Zhu Neng swallowed his saliva. His head was still dizzy.

I've seen firearms, but I've never seen such powerful firearms!
Zhang Fu stood there blankly, his mind was blank...

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(End of this chapter)