Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 350 Zheng Zhihu's defeat has appeared

A ship in Zheng San's fleet located at [-] degrees to the southeast was again attacked by Zheng He with several artillery pieces and began to stagnate, and gradually sank to the bottom of the sea.

And the other Zheng San's warships also immediately turned around, and even rushed towards the upwind of the Zheng He, with the awe-inspiring momentum of killing everyone and dying together.

But Gu Sanmazi's Zheng He didn't take this approach. You want to fight, but I don't want to fight. Suddenly, like a gust of wind, it passed through the hollow position of Zheng San's fleet, but continued to chase Zheng San's fleet. Ass spanking!

This kind of naval battle made Zheng San very aggrieved. He wanted to fight hard, but if he didn't fight hard with you, you wanted to ignore him, but he could immediately appear in front of you and bombard you.

With a squeak, the mast of Zheng San's flagship, a super fuchuan with a displacement of nearly [-] tons, snapped, and the flames spread directly along the other mast to the deck.

At the same time, countless wailing cries also sounded from other pirate warships. Zheng San's fleet failed to collide with the Zheng He, but almost the entire army was wiped out!
Here, Zheng Zhihu is also really distraught, he doesn't want to watch his slave and his baby brother die in the sea, and he no longer wants to wipe out Hei Wazi's fleet, even Qin Botong's cargo ship is not in the mood to rob again Instead of plundering, all the fleets under his command were assembled and pressed directly towards the Zheng He.

"Gu Qianshi, the pirates seem to be in a hurry, and they are all pressing towards us. This is not a small force," said Zheng He commander Qianshi to Gu Sanmazi.

However, Gu Sanmazi laughed loudly: "All come here, all come here, I happened to clean up one by one, and now everyone has played a few games, what is this steam engine? You are almost familiar with the control of the steam engine, let the big guys play it!" Good spirits, let's play Changshan Zhao Zilong's seven ins and seven outs!"

As he said that, Gu Sanmazi not only didn't let Zheng He back, but also rushed forward directly. The speed was so fast that he almost stopped in the range difference between Zheng He and the pirate warship, and then directly attacked his flank with a round of shelling .

With a bang, a relatively small pirate ship fell directly to the side, while Zheng Zhihu immediately changed direction and ordered the fast boat to chase the Zheng He first. The purpose was to entangle the Zheng He first. After the big ship reached the range, it took the upper hand and sank the Zheng He in one fell swoop.

Of course, the Zheng He was not fooled by this, and after sinking another pirate's boat, it immediately turned around and quickly retreated in the opposite direction.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhihu hurriedly ordered his small warship to catch up immediately with its lightness and speed, but the speed of the steam engine was too fast, and as more and more coal was added, the temperature of the boiler was getting higher and higher. The steam power is getting stronger and faster, and the speed is even faster. On the contrary, the pirate's boat can rely on the rapid paddling of manpower to make the ship slightly catch up with the Zheng He, but it is manpower after all. There are times of exhaustion.

Therefore, after a distance of less than a quarter of an hour, even the small boats could not catch up with the Zheng He. On the contrary, the Zheng He could still turn around and bombard these small boats.

In less than half an hour, these small boats that had rushed forward under Zheng Zhihu's order were sunk one by one by the Zheng He. Except for three or four that fled back in a hurry, most of the small boats had already been caught up by Zheng Zhilong's main fleet. The Zheng He was sunk.

boom!
Zheng Zhihu slammed his fist on the mast, and the blood flowed from the palm of his hand that had been injured by the shrapnel and stopped bleeding a little. Now his nurse brother Zheng San was swimming towards him with great effort by leaning on a log. The flagship eventually had to sit back and watch him die at the bottom of the sea because he was shot too many times and couldn't suppress the fire.

But Zheng Zhihu didn't understand how this iron armored ship could float on the sea, and it was so fast, even when it was not tired. More importantly, the artillery was more powerful than his own Western artillery, and it was not The iron bomb can also explode, causing secondary damage.

This is simply unbeatable!
Zheng Zhihu couldn't help thinking this way, but at this time, the Zheng He rushed over from the flank again, and Zheng Zhihu immediately asked Cyclops' fleet to block it, but it didn't stop him. Gu Sanmazi is now commanding the Zheng He with ease, so Like a nimble water snake, it floated back and forth between Zheng He's fleet, dancing gracefully among the gorgeous fireworks.

Of course, this is only from an artistic point of view. For Zheng Zhihu, this is simply a super monster, swallowing his ships one by one, and Zheng Zhihu has no choice but to deal with it.

This is the gap between the two eras. Although Zheng He has many deficiencies in its steam-powered speed and operating system, and even suffers from stagnation, it needs temporary supplementary power by boatmen and temporary maintenance by skilled workers. After all, they have surpassed the two eras of these sloops, which is why they appear so brave.

The night gradually fell, and the vision on the sea began to become unclear. People in this era generally have poor night vision due to lack of vitamins. Even the pirates of the Zheng family are afraid of the dark night.

The soldiers of the Imperial Guard are not afraid of this. One is that they have a physical examination before recruiting, and the other is that the food in the army is not only large but also pays attention to nutrition. In order to prevent night blindness, Zhu Youxiao also specially asked everyone The food of the Janissary is mainly carrots and pork liver, just to provide a lot of vitamins, and even ordered that the necessary dry food for marching in the field must include dried carrots in addition to compressed dry food.

Therefore, for the Praetorian Guard, the advantage is even greater now, but the usefulness of the telescope is limited.

Fortunately, the Guards still have white phosphorus bombs.

Seeing several white flames floating at the end of the front, Qin Botong understood that this was a signal that his side had already gained an absolute advantage. In order to prevent Zheng Zhihu from retreating, Qin Botong immediately ordered the rest of the fleet to pursue immediately , give Zheng Zhihu another heavy blow at this moment.

Zheng He also rushed in directly, seeing Zheng Zhihu's fleet directly bombarded, and several large warships of pirates that could have been spared were sunk again.

Zheng Zhihu began to feel fear, and it wasn't just him. The other pirates also started to retreat. Everyone could see that this naval battle was over for him. If the battle continued, the consequences would be disastrous.

"The one-eyed dragon presses the tail, and the rest of the ships immediately retreat towards the chicken coop!"

Not long after Zheng Zhihu said, Zheng Zhihu's fleet retreated immediately. These pirates had rich experience, and they retreated quickly and orderly.

But at this time, Qin Botong's fleet had already surrounded them, and there was a burst of bombardment as soon as they came up, and the Zheng's pirates who had no intention of fighting were really hit by a lot of bullets in the heart of avoiding the battle.

But Zheng Zhihu didn't care, his flagship was the only two-masted soft sailing ship, and his speed was not slow. While his own people were entangled with the main force of the Beihai First Fleet, his own flagship had already sailed several miles away.

"I'm sorry, Zheng Zhihu's flagship is about to run!"

I don't know who yelled that, and Gu Sanmazi couldn't help but curse: "Then what are you waiting for, just chase after him!"

But at this time, Tong Zhi, the commander in charge of the supply, came running over: "But, just mind you, we're running out of shells, and you kept calling for them before, so we didn't think about saving money."

"Get out! A bunch of puppies, you can see that they have never suffered from hardship or starvation, and don't know how to save money. I will let you fight, and you will fight honestly and hard. Learn from those daughters-in-law who know how to manage the house and how to save money!"

Gu Sanmazi cursed a little depressed, and then asked: "How much coal is left, can the boiler still support it?"

"It can still support it. Now is the time when the power is sufficient. It is no problem to run for another two hours, but it must be stopped after two hours. Otherwise, the temperature of the boiler is too high and the cooling water is insufficient, and some parts will be burned by then." , the commander replied.

"That's good." Gu Sanmazi nodded, with a firm look in his eyes, and ordered: "Pass my order, at all costs, go straight up, make sure to hit Zheng Zhihu's flagship, remember to be vertical Hit its flanks!"

"I'm sorry, this is not good. The Zheng He is His Majesty's treasure. His Majesty said that he can be worth a hundred thousand troops. Although he is covered with iron sheets, it can also reduce the impact of the iron bullets. Hitting a large warship, what if it misfires, we won't be able to afford it then!"

The commander hurriedly persuaded him.

"No matter how good the girl is, she has to go out to pick up customers. Since it is a treasure, she has to take it out. Didn't the old man surnamed Mao say that this thing has undergone a crash test? Today, I will test it again for him, even if it is damaged. He also has to thank me. I will go to apologize to His Majesty. The ship can be rebuilt if it is gone, but it would be a pity to let this Zheng Zhihu escape. You don’t know how powerful this guy is. The pirate leader, if you don’t catch him, what will the court use to threaten him? Old thief Zheng Zhilong, carry out the order!"

Gu Sanmazi ordered with a serious expression.

In his opinion, Zheng Zhihu is a member of the Zheng's Pirate Group, if Zheng Zhihu is not killed and captured at this time, it will definitely cause huge troubles to the court in the future.

But now, when Zheng Zhihu underestimated the enemy at the beginning and was not prepared enough to cause the current situation of fleeing in a hurry, he should pursue and fight fiercely, and he should not tolerate and raise traitors.

As soon as Gu Sanmazi gave the order, Zheng He started to chase Zheng Zhihu's flagship, which was trying to escape from the battlefield, with full steam and flames of war.

The rumbling black smoke straddled the sky like a black dragon, drawing a figure in an arc, which corresponded to a wave groove drawn by the Zheng He on the sea.

When the ships of Zheng's pirates saw the iron-clad monster Zheng He rushing in again, they all began to avoid it automatically, lest they be crushed and beaten by it again.

But they found that the Zheng He was not attacking, but was chasing directly in a certain direction, and after a closer look, it was chasing the flagship of their second master.

The loyal pirates began to change the direction of the ship and chased after them, and took the initiative to attack the Zheng He.

And Zheng Zhihu also discovered that the Zheng He had been chasing him. In a hurry, Zheng Zhihu also immediately ordered his subordinates to issue semaphores and order the other ministries behind to stop the Zheng He.

These pirates worked hard, and countless iron bullets directly overturned the Zheng He, and then hit the Zheng He's flanks, deforming the iron sheet, and hitting the chimney, causing fire. The brick fell to the ground, and even Gu Sanmazi fell to the ground due to the violent shaking, but he kept shouting: "Chasing, let me catch up, I will kill that Zheng!"

With that said, Gu Sanmazi spat out a mouthful of ashes.

Bang!

There was another sound of metal impact, and the Zheng He ship was hit by a bullet again. Gu Sanmazi also fell to the ground again, with a big bump on his head.

The commander of the Zheng He on the side couldn't help but help him up: "Gu Qianshi, you should go into the command room. The artillery is full of fire. What if it hits you, what should I do?"

"What are you afraid of? You can see something through the small window while hiding in the command room. It's not like digging a wall to watch a widow take a bath. I'm dissatisfied with you. I have been at sea for decades, and I haven't been shot. These shells are spared." Lao Tzu, because Lao Tzu is vicious!"

As soon as Gu Sanmazi said he was playing, an iron bullet flew directly towards his head.

Seeing this, the commander hurriedly threw him to the ground, and the iron bullet happened to miss Gu Sanmazi's head, but hit Gu Sanmazi's calf.

"Grandma, it hurts me to death!" Gu Sanmazi couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said something, and then cursed: "It was the son of a bitch who fired it, let's see if I don't deal with him properly!"

At this time, Gu Sanmazi discovered that a warship of pirates had rammed directly towards his Zheng He, trying to prevent himself from chasing Zheng Zhihu's flagship by means of both.

Seeing this, Gu Sanmazi couldn't help shouting: "Thirty degrees to the northwest, a sharp turn, and a few broken boats want to kiss me on the mouth. Is it true that I'm a prostitute in Yihong Court? Anyone who comes is welcome, only your second master!" I am only interested in bumping into a boat."

Gu Sanmazi commanded the Zheng He to slant back and forth, avoiding the impact of all the pirate ships along the way.

About half an hour later, he followed Zheng Zhihu's flagship to another calm sea level.

Looking at the Zheng He, who was chasing after him, Zheng Zhihu's flagship had no choice, and even he didn't know where to escape, anyway, he ran as much as possible.

But as he ran, the speed of his flagship still slowed down. He had to seize the upper air and prepare to strike the Zheng He who was chasing him first, and fight to the end!
But what surprised Zheng Zhihu was that when the Zheng He was approaching his flagship, the Zheng He suddenly turned around and slammed into the bow of the ship that was facing him at a very fast speed, like a big mountain cover face to face.

"Turn around and retreat!"

Before Zheng Zhihu could finish shouting, there was a huge collision and vibration, and the front section of his flagship was smashed, and at the same time, the ship capsized like a leaping horse.

A violent shock caused Zheng Zhihu himself to fall to the ground, and countless pirates fell directly into the sea.

But at this time, Zheng He shook violently after it came out, causing many things to fall on the ground, but it was all right, and then turned around and ran into Zheng Zhihu's flank.

With a bang, the huge waves hit Zheng Zhihu's flagship directly, and at the same time, the naval soldiers of the Zheng He also immediately released their small boats to rush to Zheng Zhihu's flagship, and many naval soldiers on the Zheng He He also ran to the deck and raised his musket to suppress the pirates on Zheng Zhihu's flagship.

(End of this chapter)