As for transporting the artillery for actual combat inspection, this task fell on Zhao Yuan.

After all, he is the supervisor here, and the most important thing is whether these weapons can adapt to the battlefield. It will take at least more than a month to transport these weapons from Tianjin to Taizhou. To ensure convenience, the only way is to use ships along the coast.

Forward.

Zhao Yuan was packing his clothes in the house, but he was still a little worried and said, "It shouldn't be a problem if you stay, right?"

In addition to the girl, there is also a killer hidden in the darkness. Although I don't know what the killer's skills are, the enemy is in the dark and Shang Qianfei and others are in the open, which is very disadvantageous.

Shang Qianfei said: "Don't worry, this is absolutely no problem!"

Zhao Yuan nodded.

The next day, five ships were loaded with newly built artillery and ammunition and began to set off towards Taizhou. In addition to the crew, there were also a group of craftsmen accompanying them. The main purpose of this group of craftsmen was to go to Taizhou to establish a production base to produce artillery.

Ammunition, after all, this place is too far away from the front line of the battle, and ammunition is a consumable. Just transporting it from here will greatly affect the situation of the battle.

In addition to Zhao Yuan, there was also a team of Jinyi guards participating in the escort this time. In order to ensure nothing went wrong, these Jinyi guards had undergone necessary training in advance and could at least operate artillery.

As for Li Yi's firecrackers, they are not currently in the transport team. After all, he feels that the weapons are not perfect yet, so he is unwilling to start production.

"Master Qianhu, it's cold outside, why don't you sit inside!"

The speaker is from a hundred households of one hundred people. Their surname is Zheng, and their name is Zheng Yu.

Zhao Yuan stood on the bow of the ship, nodded slightly, and said: "Let the brothers pay a little attention. By the way, every ship has a telescope, so the brothers can take turns paying attention to the movements on the sea."

The most rapid progress in the past two months is the telescope. After all, the processing technology such as polishing jade has been very mature at this time. Polishing glass is not difficult, and with Zhao Yuan's guidance, the progress is very rapid.

In just two months, a batch of telescopes that can be shipped have been produced.

This time, when transporting arms, each ship was equipped with lookouts. The purpose was to keep an eye on the sea and detect the enemy in advance.

We sail during the day and try our best to dock at docks in coastal cities at night.

As usual, the ship also docked at the dock of the coastal city. According to the requirements, all dolls were not allowed to go ashore. This was also to prevent the news from leaking. However, in the dark, there were still people paying attention secretly. After a while, they quietly left, and then

We entered a small alley and entered a house.

After gulping down a cup of tea, he took a deep breath and said: "The ship has arrived. As expected, as the previous intelligence said, there are a large number of Jinyi guards escorting it. It looks like it is heading south, that is.

I don’t know what’s on the boat.”

There was a man in front of him, and he picked up the kettle, filled his cup with tea, and said, "Is there any way to know what is being carried on the ship?"

The man shook his head and said: "There is no way to get close. The security is very tight. No one is allowed to get within ten feet, but it must be a very important thing. Otherwise, there is no need to arrange so many people to escort it. It is better to report it first and arrange someone

They were trying to hijack the ship. There were not many of them, probably more than a hundred people in total. If it was really something valuable, they would make a fortune. And even if it was a trap, their ship didn't move very fast in the sea.

Don’t worry at all!”

The man thought for a moment and said, "Well, pass the news on!"

…………

Plans to rob the ship had already begun here, but Zhao Yuan and others had no idea that they had been sailing for more than ten days and were only four or five days away from Taizhou, and there were already traces of Japanese pirate activities in this sea area.

Zhao Yuan called Zheng Yu and said: "Let the brothers put all the artillery on the ship. You can do it without charging it and pay close attention to the movement of the sea!"

At this time, the speed of ships is not very fast, and Japanese pirates usually use large ships with small boats. Compared with large ships, small boats are indeed more flexible on the sea, but their moving speed is also not fast, and they can reload their ammunition in time after discovering the enemy.

Zheng Yu nodded and immediately made arrangements, so the ship suddenly became busy. Jinyiwei and the crew began to pull out the cannons, and then clamped them to the side of the ship. Six cannons were set up on the sea side. As for the lookout

He stared at the sea with his hands seriously.

As for Zhao Yuan, he sat directly on the deck at this time.

"Sir, there is movement on the sea!"

Someone suddenly reported.

Zheng Yu, who was next to him, immediately handed the telescope to Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan looked through the telescope, and sure enough, several ships appeared in his sight, running towards him, because there were almost no Ming Dynasty garrison in this place.

, so they simply abandoned the small boats and pounced directly with large ships. After all, they got the information that the five ships were filled with cargo, which must be worth a lot of money. The small boats alone might not be enough.

"The four ships really underestimated us!"

Zhao Yuan glanced at the corner of his mouth and said: "Let all the artillery be loaded, the elevation angle is two, and then follow my order to fire!"

When these artillery were being tested, Zhao Yuanke spent a lot of time watching. He knew very well what the maximum range of the artillery was. These artillery were also very simple to operate, and the Jinyi guards who had patrolled also knew how to operate them.

The Jin Yiwei below immediately became busy, loading ammunition, charging, adjusting the angle, and then aiming, waiting for Zhao Yuan's orders at any time.

After all, these ships are cargo ships, and they carry a lot of weapons, so they are not very fast. However, the Japanese pirate ships are lighter after all, so they are very fast. After this one after another pursuit, it didn't take long for them to be parallel to the cargo ships, and then

They pursued them diagonally, and the distance between the two pairs of ships was no more than a few hundred meters.

At this moment, the Japanese pirates on the Japanese pirate ship seemed to have no idea. They were all standing on the side of the ship, holding weapons in their hands and shouting. In their eyes, the cargo ship escorted by more than a hundred people was already theirs.

, Zhao Yuan also saw their expressions clearly through the telescope.

Zhao Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Aim all artillery at the first ship, prepare!"

The order was quickly passed down, and the Jin Yiwei who operated the artillery below all moved the muzzles of their guns and aimed them at the first Japanese pirate ship.

"put!"

Zhao Yuan shouted, and the flag bearer next to him waved the red flag down fiercely.

The soldiers operating below all pulled the ropes in their hands. After these artillery guns were modified with flash caps, the firing method has adopted the impact method of muskets. However, in order to ensure the safety of the soldiers, they used pull ropes.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

More than twenty artillery pieces roared together almost instantly, as if there was thunder on the sea. More than twenty cannonballs quickly hit the first ship. In an instant, sawdust flew across the ship, and the Japanese pirates were miserable.

The cry came instantly, and they who were originally standing on the side of the ship looking eager to try suddenly became the best targets.

The Japanese pirates were probably confused. They didn't have telescopes, so they couldn't see clearly the deployed artillery on the cargo ship. They were caught off guard. The wooden ship was suddenly covered with big and small holes, and those who were hit by the cannonballs were

The wooden block instantly became a murderous weapon, causing heavy casualties.

Here, after the first round of stimulation, they quickly started to load the ammunition. The advantage of the second round of ammunition was immediately apparent. The speed of loading was very fast. Before the Japanese pirates could react, the second round of loud noises sounded again.

, those cannonballs hit the first ship again, and this time I was lucky. The mast was directly hit by two cannonballs, and it fell directly. Without the mast, the ship lost power. The sudden change caused the second ship to lose its power.

There was no way the ship could avoid the first ship and it hit it directly.

After beating the first ship to lose power, Jin Yiwei turned his artillery again and directly bombarded the second ship that had collided with the first ship. Now that the two ships had collided together, they had become a living target, and

The target hasn't moved yet.

So amidst the loud noise, cannonballs hit the ships in front of them like raindrops. The distance of several hundred meters suddenly seemed to become an insurmountable gap, and it also turned into a life-or-death line for the Japanese pirates.

In fact, these Japanese pirate ships were relatively rough in terms of construction level. There were no sealed cabins at all. And those shells and cannons were so secret that they more or less hit the waterline, and a large amount of seawater began to flow along.

The cave entrance was filled with people, but not long after, the boat began to tilt, and the Japanese pirates on the boat who were lucky enough to survive could only keep jumping into the water, and then swim desperately towards other boats.

"Why are there artillery pieces on this ship?"

The captains of the remaining two ships looked at the cannons that were still spitting out flames in the distance and clenched their fists. No one could explain to him why there were so many cargo ships in front of him that seemed to be just transporting goods.

It is equipped with so many artillery, including on its own ship, but there are only two on each ship. The key is that the range of these two artillery is not as far as the range of the artillery of the ships in front of you, and the firing speed is really

It's so fast, these ships are like hedgehogs with thorns all over their bodies.

However, no one could answer him. After all, these ships were very tightly guarded at the dock. No one knew what was being transported inside. The only answer to him was that another round of shells came back. In an instant,

The ship's hull shook violently, sawdust flew everywhere, and the Japanese pirates who were hit screamed in agony.

As if only a few breaths had passed, there was another loud noise on the sea, and the ship's hull was shaken again. What's more, unfortunately, several cannonballs concentrated on the bottom of the ship, instantly opening several holes in the hull.

, sea water continued to pour in, and the ship's hull quickly began to tilt.

"Abandon ship, abandon ship!"

Someone was shouting that they had lost three ships in just a moment. The fourth ship realized something was wrong and hurriedly changed its direction and hid directly behind the third ship. In this way, the third ship became

shield.

Zhao Yuan saw clearly from the telescope and said: "Stop shooting and let's go!"

All the artillery immediately stopped firing, and then continued to sail ahead according to the planned route. On the sea, the three Japanese pirate ships had begun to sink slowly. The Japanese pirates were constantly struggling in the water, but the ships were sinking.

Catching the whirlpool is like having a pair of hands in the water, holding them firmly and dragging them into the water.

There were a lot of wooden blocks floating on the water, as well as the corpses of the Japanese pirates. This battle was completely one-sided. Amidst the roar of the artillery, the three Japanese pirate ships were sunk without even getting close to the cargo ship. The Japanese pirates

There were countless casualties, but there was no loss at all here. The only loss was the consumption of a lot of ammunition.

When the Japanese pirate ships disappeared from sight, the people on the boat breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly cheered. You must know that the Ming Dynasty has always been frustrated in dealing with Japanese pirates, and there are few victories, but

This time, he was so proud that he relied on just a few cargo ships to sink three Japanese pirate ships before they could even get close. It would have been unbelievable if it had been done before.

Zheng Yu's face was full of joy and he said: "Sir, this artillery is so powerful. If we have more artillery like this, why worry about the Japanese pirates not being exterminated!"

Zhao Yuandao: "Isn't it enough to have artillery? There must also be a ship. If our ship today is not a cargo ship but a warship, none of the Japanese pirates can escape. We can take care of them all!"

This is also one of Zhao Yuan's regrets. Warships are still under development. If the warships developed are equipped with such artillery, a fleet can sweep across the entire sea. How can those Japanese pirates still cause trouble at sea?

Chance.

It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty government did not realize the importance of sea control at all. If Chengzu had not implemented a sea ban, then the development of the Ming Dynasty navy would have been able to traverse the sea. At that time, let alone Japanese pirates, even the Ming Dynasty

Japan, facing across the sea, was trembling under the threat of the Ming Dynasty's navy. After all, their armed forces at this time were so small that they could not possibly be an opponent of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Yudao: "When the warship is built, I will definitely be the first to save my life!"

Zheng Yu clenched his fists and looked excitedly at the blue sea in front of him. At this moment, he seemed to be eager to sail the boat and wipe out the Japanese pirates.

Zhao Yuan smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, you have a chance, but it can be seen that we have been watched along the way. Now they already know what is on this ship, but we still have to be careful. The more we get to the end, the more likely we are to

You have to stay vigilant!”

Zheng Yu said: "I will go immediately to make arrangements."

Zhao Yuan nodded slightly, and then continued: "Send the order. When we arrive in Taizhou, I will treat everyone to a drink. I will also report the matter to the court and ask for credit for everyone. I sank three Japanese pirate ships without damaging a single soldier.
Chapter completed!