Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 118 Strong generals have no weak soldiers

"The brains of these overseas people are really good. The improved technology of the Franji country's artillery is indeed something I didn't expect!"

"My Daming's artillery is also more advanced than theirs. After all, His Majesty personally participated in the design, right?"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Lord Shangshu, this cannon hasn't been named yet, has it? Your Majesty, please give this cannon a name." An official reminded Liang Chu.

Liang Chu also suddenly woke up and said with a smile: "Look, I am so busy that I have even forgotten this. I will go and ask for your Majesty's instructions."

After a while, Liang Chu came down from the viewing platform with a smile on his face, and said to dozens of officials, "Lie, I just asked His Majesty for instructions, and His Majesty ordered that the artillery be called the Franji Cannon. Named after the country name of Francine Country."

After hearing this, all the officials burst into laughter. Who would dare to say anything?Therefore, the name of the Franco cannon has continued.

Liu Jian, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, saw the gap between the old and new artillery shells at a glance. The old artillery uses a pure circular mold, which is convenient to fire, but it is very slow to reload, and if it does not explode after landing, it will roll very far The distance, often hurting the enemy's aggressiveness is not too strong.

However, the new artillery shells use catfish-shaped molds. This kind of warhead overcomes the previous criticism of slow filling, and reduces a lot of materials, improving the output efficiency. The most important thing is that it is fixed after firing. , it will not fly like the previous warhead, and it is not easy to explode.

Just this little improvement made them click their tongues again and again.

They used to fantasize about firing thousands of cannons, thinking that they could kill countless enemies a few hundred steps away, but today it opened their eyes. Today, the big Ming artillery is in front of them, and their fantasies have now become reality. .

With a smile, Liang Chu pointed to the cannon next to it which was different from Franji's and said, "Your Majesty named this cannon Shenwu Cannon, it is Brave Cannon."

Zhu Houzhao named all the cannons, and the addition of the Shenwu Cannon greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the cannons and laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

All the officials were still discussing outside, when they saw Zhu Houzhao walking over from the viewing platform, he said loudly to the officials below: "I will pass on my order, starting today, quickly build [-] Shenwu cannons and [-] rounds of shells." , transported to Tanggukou by water transport, and use all these new artillery on the battlefield.”

All the officials clasped their hands together and said: "The minister waits for the order."

After watching the rehearsal, Zhu Houzhao sent an edict back to the palace without mentioning anything about hunting.

The ministers can all see that His Majesty is happy, his eyebrows are beaming with joy, and his face is beaming with smiles.
However, the tens of thousands of people in the Ministry of Industry were busy. With an order from His Majesty, they began to work overtime to build artillery. Although Zhu Houzhao issued the imperial edict to everyone, the Ministry of Industry was the only department that implemented it.

Half a month later, the artillery sent by the Ministry of Industry to Tanggukou was welcomed into the naval camp by Qi Jingtong. During this period of time, apart from patrolling the coastline, he spent the rest of his time conducting rigorous training for the newly recruited navy of the Ming Dynasty.

He read the self-confidence of an emperor from the eyes of the young emperor, so he also firmly believed in his ideals. Although he didn't go home for more than half a year, and he didn't neglect for a quarter of an hour, he saw the hope of the country anyway.

At least the navy has been trained in his hands and has a certain combat effectiveness.

The new-style cannon was carried onto the transshipment, and Qi Jingtong danced happily. He hurriedly asked someone to unload the old cannon and assemble all the new-style cannon.

At this moment, one of his subordinates hurried in and said to Qi Jingtong, "Commander Qi, a pirate ship was found ahead, and it seems to be heading towards our customs."

"Pirate ship? Hehe, they came at the right time, you go down and continue to visit!"

The little soldier walked out of the barracks, Qi Jingtong excitedly stroked the cannons, feeling indescribably happy in his heart.

Since there is a good thing delivered to your door, why not make a fuss about this new weapon?

Thinking of this, Qi Jingtong observed the structure of the new cannon by himself. Many places are familiar with it. In addition, he asked someone to give a detailed explanation. Qi Jingtong basically mastered the use of the cannon very quickly.

Qi Jingtong quickly mobilized the navy and rushed towards the place where the pirates haunted.

Most of these pirate ships are three feet long, and are known for their small hull and flexible turning ability.

The pirates on the ship held sharp knives one by one, as if they were aiming at something, they rowed towards them at high speed.

Qi Jingtong stood at the bow of the ship and took a closer look. He saw fifteen pirate ships passing by each other, and each of them was very fast. Their target was the ship he was on.

The warship he was on was where he had been training and working for a period of time. Naturally, there were a lot of important secrets and money. It is possible that these ships were here to rob.

Before Qi Jingtong could figure out the opponent's purpose, a few cold arrows on the pirate ship shot towards his face unexpectedly. Fortunately, he dodged in time, otherwise his front teeth might be laid off early.

"This group of thieves who don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth, let's see how the commander-in-chief regains you?"

"Come here, prepare the torches, and when they enter further, listen to the commander's order and fire immediately."

Soon, the subordinates lit the torches and made final preparations one by one.

50 m.

40 m.

30 m.

"Light it up, fire it up!"

Following Qi Jingtong's order, dozens of cannons were fired forward in unison, and in an instant, the sound of cannons resounded all around.

Qi Jingtong proudly watched the shells fired towards the opponent's ship, but soon he was dumbfounded.

Dozens of shells not only failed to hit the pirates' ships, but fell far behind them.

"Hey, what's going on here?" Qi Jingtong was a little dumbfounded. According to the previous operation, the process and everything were perfect, but the range of this cannon is really too far.

The pirates looked at the cannonballs flying over their heads, and felt grateful one by one. The purpose of their trip was to rob the ship of gold and silver treasures. Since the other party did not kill them at the beginning, they would be afraid of a hammer next.

"dash forward!"

One of the leading pirates took the lead in attacking Qi Jingtong's big ship. Immediately afterwards, the fifteen warships Ma Shan separated, and the pirates all took out the three-eyed guns they carried with them, and shot at the transshipment ship from different directions!
Soon, someone in the Ming Navy was shot and fell to the ground.

Firecracker bullets shot in from all directions, Qi Jingtong panicked a little.It is obviously too late to order a retreat at this time, and it is not the time to retreat yet.

Fortunately, Qi Jingtong had rich experience in battles. According to his judgment, it was because of an inner ghost among them, who leaked the news of today's change of guns, so as to give the pirates an opportunity.

But now is not the time to catch the inner ghost, he stabilized his mood, saw that his navy had not been disturbed, he relaxed a little, and then sent an order to his men: "Call the archers and rockets, bow and arrow Hands in front, musketeers behind, aim at the leader of the enemy ship and fire."

Soon, the order was conveyed, and the navy was assembled, and according to Qi Jingtong's instructions, he decided to fight back against the pirate ship.

After all, there are no weak soldiers under a strong general. After more than half a year of rigorous training by Qi Jingtong, this navy ended the battle in just half an hour and wiped out all the pirate leaders on fifteen pirate ships. No, he jumped into the sea and escaped.

Qi Jingtong stood on the bow of the boat, his eyes narrowed slightly, his expression was very cold.
(End of this chapter)