My Daming New Empire

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The artillery of this era is still very accurate when the shooting range is within 1000 meters, but if it exceeds 1000 meters, it depends on luck.

Especially at a distance of more than 2000 meters, the artillery is almost projectile, and there is no aim at all.

However, one can't help but have a lot of artillery in the Ming Fleet.Out of twenty shells fired, one or two always landed on his ship.

When a shell landed on their boat, killing two men, the soldiers on board began to panic.

Emir looked at the polished and smooth boulder that hit two people on the deck to death, and then cracked a deck, and felt infinite fear in his heart.

He didn't dare to face Daming's artillery anymore, and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"

The flag of retreat was hoisted, and their ships hurriedly hoisted their sails and fled to the rear.Because of the headwind, it would be difficult for them to attack the Ming Fleet even if they wanted to, but it was a tailwind when they escaped.

It's a pity that, except for about twenty or thirty ships in the rear, they also fled after seeing the retreat flag. The soldiers on the other ships did not dare to stay on the deck at all, and fled below the deck.

Although these people could gain temporary safety, they lost the chance to escape.

In fact, the artillery power at this time is limited, it looks scary, but the actual effect is mediocre.

Most of the shells, except for killing people, can't even penetrate the deck.Only a few shells can penetrate the ship and cause rollover when they encounter a suitable angle when they are fired directly.

Compared with more than 200 ships, this ratio is less than 5.00%.

However, the power of artillery is not only reflected in its lethality, but also in the destruction of the enemy's confidence.

This kind of ringing, numb ears, and thick smoke, I can only hit you, you can't hit me, it is the most powerful.

On the surface of the sea, more than 200 enemy ships have stopped on the surface of the sea and have lost their threat.

At this time, Wen Shaofei didn't know what to do.

The enemy leaders have already run away, but the shelling has not stopped. This kind of live ammunition training on the battlefield can greatly improve the combat ability of the artillerymen.

But he didn't dare to go forward to occupy these ships. Except for some soldiers who jumped into the sea, most of the soldiers were still in the belly of the ships. If they boarded the ships rashly, they would definitely cause a lot of casualties.

At that time, even if you make great achievements, it will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, he could only send an order to let the ships continue to attack according to the attack formation, so as not to let these people run away, and then sent a letter to the Chinese army to wait for the order.

He didn't wait too long, the war had been going on for almost an hour, and the distance between the front army and the central army was only twenty miles away, and Zhu Zhanji's flagship would also arrive at this battlefield.

When Zheng He saw the scene in front of him, he was actually very shocked. Thinking about more than ten years ago, Ming's fleet also relied on large numbers of people and huge ships to gain an advantage in naval battles.

At the beginning of the battle with the pirate king Chen Zuyi, they were entangled endlessly. Chen Zuyi used a small boat to set fire to it, and then hit the battleship of Ming Dynasty, which also caused the loss of dozens of ships to the fleet of Ming Dynasty.

But now facing the most powerful Timur country in the Western Regions, the Ming Fleet did not lose a single ship, leaving more than [-] ships.

He glanced at Zhu Zhanji who was thinking deeply, and asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Xue Lu said disapprovingly: "We just want to come here to do business, but we encounter obstacles. Of course we have to get rid of the roots!"

Zheng He didn't answer, but Jin Chun said, "I'm afraid it will hurt Tianhe..."

Although Xue Lu acted like a vulgar person everywhere, he was actually very cunning.He was very aware of Jin Chun's status among the civil servants, and he didn't dare to argue with the other party, but he didn't take this kindness very seriously, and couldn't help curling his lips.

Zhu Zhanji said in a deep voice at this time: "The kindness to the enemy is the cruelty to one's own people. There are at least 200 soldiers on these more than 2 ships. How should we deal with these people if they stay? We don't have to leave them alone. There is no time to subdue them, not to mention, these are the elite navy of the Timur kingdom, if we don’t kill them today, it will become a serious problem when the emperor’s grandfather comes!”

Zhu Zhen heard Zhu Zhanji's meaning, pondered for a while, stepped forward, cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness, please go to the cabin to rest, such trivial matters should be decided by the general."

Zhu Zhanji nodded, and said to Zheng He, Jin Chun, and Xie Jin: "Let's go, this is a naval battle, and of course the commander of the navy should be in command..."

Zheng He and Jin Chun couldn't bear it. They glanced at the stationary fleet in the distance, sighed but didn't say anything.

Although Zheng He was kind, he was not an indecisive person, otherwise he would not be able to lead 2000 people, so he attacked the capital of Ceylon and captured their lord.

Only Jin Chun wanted to persuade him again, but was pulled by Xie Jin and shut up.

In the cabin, Zheng He and Xie Jin played a game of chess. The two players were equally good at chess, and both were ahead of the others. Every time they faced each other in the past, they would attract many generals to watch.

But this time, not only were there no other people watching, even the two of them were a little absent-minded when they were playing chess.

Only Zhu Zhanji remained calm, asked Jin Kuo to set out Kung Fu tea, and asked a few people to drink tea with him.

He knew that Zhu Zhen was taking a chance for himself. Although it was his intention to kill the other party, this order should not come out of his mouth, otherwise, it would appear that his great-grandson is too cruel and inhuman .

Now that Zhu Zhen has taken over this job, he will inevitably get a reputation for cruelty and inhumanity in the future. It is fine when he is going well, but when he is in bad luck, he will inevitably be pointed out and severely criticized.

However, Zhu Zhanji has already made a decision in his heart, as long as he is still there, he will embrace the glory and wealth of Dinghaihou's family.

He wants everyone to know that as long as Zhu Zhanji is given the best job, no matter how big a mistake he makes, he will never forget it.

The clouds in the command cabin were calm and breezy, but on the sea not far away, countless people fell into deep despair.

Although the artillery salvo had stopped, with Zhu Zhen's unified command, each enemy ship was assigned to a different ship.

The ships started to sail forward, and anyone who dared to show their heads would be attacked by the artillery. It was not until the warships of Ming Dynasty controlled the opponent's ships that the artillery stopped.

But at this time, Daming's ship had already docked with the opponent's ship. On the deck, the navy's musketeers raised their muskets to prevent people from going on the deck.

The messenger ship carried a boatload of kerosene, transported the kerosene to the front line, distributed it to all the ships, and then the grenadiers hoisted the oil tank containing the kerosene to the opponent's ship with a crane and dropped it.

When the cans of kerosene fell, the archer ignited the rocket in his hand and shot it towards the deck.

Immediately, a raging fire ignited...

Daming's fleet immediately retreated and withdrew from the battlefield, but still controlled the situation here.

Only in the rightmost area, the enemy ships did not face such a fate, because a passage had to be left for Da Ming's fleet to enter.

But the soldiers here still cannot escape the fate of death.

The fire burned all night, even if some soldiers who were near the coast jumped out of the ship and escaped alive, it didn't matter to the entire Ming Dynasty.

The next day, the enemy fleet on the sea had disappeared, leaving only planks and corpses floating on the sea.

The sharks in the sea ushered in a feast, and groups of sharks can be seen everywhere, devouring the corpses on the sea one by one.

Seeing this scene, many people couldn't bear to raise their heads.

"Your Highness, the Vanguard Battalion sent out yesterday has arrived in the north of Hulumos Island, and the third and fourth armies of the young army have arrived at the predetermined area. According to the reports from the spies, the people of Hurumos were panicked, and countless people fled in a hurry. "

Zhu Zhanji wiped his mouth under Ma Xin's service, and then said: "Anyone who escapes without property will be spared their lives. Except for those who are confirmed to be in collusion with the enemy yesterday, I, Ming, only need money to die."

Jin Kuo said again: "Those big cannibals are all very excited. They want to see His Highness, and promise that if His Highness helps them take Baghdad, they are willing to donate all their property."

When Zhu Zhanji heard this, he was stunned for a moment. He suddenly thought, if all the big cannibals in the country were gathered and let them rule the Middle East, would Da Ming have the opportunity to directly rule the land here in the future?

But at this time, he didn't think about it carefully, and ordered: "Issuing an order, the whole army is going to go to Hulumos."