Daming Junior Scholar

Chapter 1484 The Strongest Naval Battle

One trip to sea brought back a full 100 million taels of silver.

I am afraid that Melo Godinho never thought about such a harvest before he set off, and he also discovered a profitable business from this matter. The mirror is only sold at one time, but the business of artillery and gunpowder It is worth the long-term investment.

I transported the artillery from Europe and sold it to these Ming Dynasty people. At that time, I can still use gunpowder and artillery shells to control them. Whether to buy or sell, how much to buy and how much to sell is all up to me, even if the artillery is sold cheaper , I can also earn back through other aspects.

After going back and forth like this, I am afraid that I can earn several million taels of silver in just one business trip.

This is a few million taels, and after a few trips by myself, I can find a small island and live the rest of my life happily.

Sitting on the bow of the boat, Melo Godinho couldn't help laughing as he fantasized about the life of a rich man in the future.

"My lord, my lord..." At this moment, there was an anxious call from above, which immediately pulled Melo Godinho back from fantasy to reality.

"What's the matter?" His train of thought was interrupted, and Melo Godinho was a little unhappy, and his words were somewhat unpleasant.

An orderly hurriedly ran down from the sails, and pointed to the back of the fleet in panic in front of Melo Godinho: "My lord, there is a fleet following behind."

"Fleet?" Melo Godinho was stunned for a moment. He must have heard it wrong. How could he be followed by others when his whereabouts were so hidden?

After so many years of climbing and rolling in the sea, Melo Godinho naturally became extremely cautious, and stood up expressionlessly. After reaching a high place, he looked towards the back of the fleet.

Sure enough, although I couldn't see it very clearly, I still vaguely saw a fleet of ships far behind, but I couldn't tell how many ships it consisted of.

"My lord, if I take people to stay, I will definitely sink all the opponents on the bottom of the sea." The long-term victory has also made these subordinates of Melo Godinho more arrogant, although the current fleet There was only one ship with twenty Franco cannons, but with these cannons, it was easy to sink the fleet of the Easterners.

Melo Godinho didn't give his own answer. He stared at the fleet behind him, secretly estimating the speed of the opponent's fleet, but he was a little surprised to find that the speed of the opponent's fleet was about the same as his own. In other words, the opponent did not intend to catch up quickly.

Who are they?

There are only three groups of people who know about this transaction, one is myself, the other is the agent I found in the Ming Dynasty, and the rest is the man who gave me the money.

For some reason, that man always gives me a familiar feeling. This feeling is not because he speaks the same language as me, nor is it because of the gentle smile on his face, but because I always feel like I am somewhere It's as if I've seen this person before, but no matter how I think about it, I still can't find a definite answer.

Maybe it's because I'm usually too cautious, and I think there is something wrong with everyone I see.

Melo Godinho laughed at himself. Seeing that the fleet behind had no intention of catching up, he didn't bother to pay attention to him. After all, he only had one ship with artillery, so he might as well go back to the island as soon as possible. , go there and equip the spare artillery, and then fight them to the death.

No matter who sent the fleet behind them, it would be over if they were sunk directly.

After Merlot Godinho made a good idea, he immediately let the fleet speed up, and at the beginning he left the fleet behind for a distance. After a short time, the opposing fleet reappeared in his sight, and Perhaps the other party also noticed the actions of the Melo Godinho fleet, and actually accelerated and rushed towards him.

Really overwhelmed.

There was a sneer on Melo Godinho's face, and when he finally saw the number and appearance of the opponent's fleet clearly in his sight, he suddenly panicked.

This...isn't this the fleet that I met at sea that day?

On this piece of sea, except for that fleet, I have never seen a fleet of the same type as my own. How did they know their position?

Thinking of the salvo of artillery that he saw that day, Melo Godinho felt a bad feeling in his heart, and hurriedly let the fleet drive at top speed. If you have the confidence to fight with one, if you fight with the other party here, I am afraid that if the other party shoots a volley, these ships of yours will be sunk into the sea.

Melo Godinho's mind has been spinning quickly. The current situation is very unfavorable to him, so he must go back to the island first. The artillery fire on the island can also force the opponent back.

Thinking of this, Melo Godinho immediately let the fleet move forward at full speed. The two fleets kept a certain distance, just chasing after each other. After a while, the island finally appeared in Melo Godinho in sight.

Looking back at the distance between the two fleets, Melo Godinho finally let out a long sigh of relief. As long as he can return to the island safely, he will be considered safe.

After a while, Melo Godinho's fleet finally sailed into the pier of the island. Looking back, the chasing fleet also slowed down.

After standing on the bow of the boat and looking at it for a while, Melo Godinho did not show a relaxed expression on his face, but began to become anxious.

For him who is deep in sea tactics, he can naturally see that it is not that the opponent's fleet was scared away by him, but that he is forming a formation. After the opponent arranges the formation, he will consider the gunners of both sides it's time.

"Everyone is on the gun position, ready to fire."

Melo Godinho has already realized that this naval battle will be his first test after arriving in the East. In the past, he has faced some helpless natives, but this time he will face a powerful opponent.

And the strength of the other party seems to be higher than his own.

The Francobots on the small island have already started to get busy, because there is no time to transport the artillery to the ship, so they can only focus on the position on the small island.

Although the Fran robot has built a position on the island early and prepared dozens of artillery pieces, but the size of the island is limited after all, and there is no way to arrange more battlefields. There are many cannons, but there is no place to put them. I can only watch the distant fleet crossing like a long snake. When the muzzle baffle on the ship is removed, even Merrow Ding Huo couldn't help but gasped, how could they create such a monster?

This should be the first powerful opponent the navy has encountered since its establishment. Xue Yi's eyes were filled with excitement. After Shimao finally came within range of the big ship's shelling, he raised his arms excitedly, and then shouted loudly, "Fire."

Chapter 1485 Artillery Coverage

Chapter 1485 Artillery Coverage

Almost at the same time, the warships on the sea and the artillery on the island emitted puffs of white smoke. On the sea of ​​the ancient east, the first artillery-based naval battle broke out unexpectedly.

Compared with the moving fleet, the target on the small island is extremely obvious, and after Xue Yi was notified by Tang Jian, he also knew that at least five of the opponent's ships had no artillery, and his own ship was the main one. In the first round of nearly fifty shells, all of them were fired at the opponent's battleship that was still capable of firing.

As long as the ship is sunk, no matter what the situation is, even if you can't fight and want to run, the opponent will never have the ability to catch up.

'boom! After bursts of thundering cannonballs, the entire island was covered in white smoke. When his shells hit the opponent's warship, Xue Yi's warship was also bombarded by dozens of shells. Originally The solid hull suddenly cracked, and some shells hit the sailors on board, and there were screams for a while.

Because it was the lead ship, Xue Yi's warship attracted most of the firepower of Franji's ship. When the second ship came, Franji's side was in a helpless situation because they were replacing the guns. The case of firing.

In addition, the gunner of the second cannon had already observed the artillery positions arranged by the opponent on the small island. After aiming without haste, he fired one cannon at a time. After a while, the island was lit up. There was a raging fire.

In addition, the gunpowder on the emplacement was hit by shells, directly blasting the entire emplacement into the air.

The second ship, the third ship... After Xue Yi's fleet had all fired their guns once, almost half of the island was already in flames. At this time, Xue Yi's ship turned half a circle. , and pointed the uninjured hull at the island, followed by another round of artillery.

Melo Godinho, who stayed in the hiding place, trembled uncontrollably, pointed at the opponent's fleet and cursed: "This is definitely a Franco, only they can have such strength and tactics, this Which damned guy is it, if you let me know who he is, I must kill his whole family."

It seems that it is useless to say these harsh words now. Right now, the island has limited counterattack power. I am afraid it will be difficult to organize an effective counterattack. There is no way to push it up, and I can only watch the opponent's fleet showing off its might on the sea, but there is no way.

"My lord, why don't we evacuate." The fire had already started to spread to the island, and some people were already scared. If they didn't run now, they might not even have the chance to run in a while.

"No, I can't run." Melo Godinho had his own reasons. He came to Daming from Frangji this time in order to earn more money, and now the money is in front of him. But I couldn't take them away, so what if I went back to Franji like this, what would I do with the rest of my life if I lost the money?

Therefore, even if he was going to die, he had to take the silver boat with him.

"Is there any brave man who dares to drive that ship away with me?" Melo Godinho shouted loudly to the silver ship parked on the pier.

There was only a team of about a hundred people following him. When they heard Melo Godinho's call, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one responded. After all, the enemy's battleship was outside the port. Isn't it like a living target to go out by boat now?

Seeing that there was no response from the crowd, Melo Godinho became more impatient, stretched out his hand and shouted: "One hundred silver coins, as long as this boat leaves here, I will give him one hundred silver coins."

Money is good, but life is even more important. One hundred silver coins does not seem to be enough for him to take such a big risk.

A hundred silver coins can't attract more people. If you don't run away, the whole boat of silver will belong to someone else. Melo Godinho took a long breath, gritted his teeth and stretched out a finger: "One thousand silver coins, as long as you escape, each person has a thousand."

A thousand pieces?