Great Tang Southern Emperor

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

Everything was done in silence, until the fragments of the enemy ship fell into the sea, and the violent roar reached the ears of the three people on the shore, making their ears tingle—you must know that the fleet at this time is at least [-] meters away from the shore. There are still four or five kilometers away, but even at such a long distance, the sound of the explosion reaching the ears of everyone on the shore is not much lighter than the explosion of thunder, as if a shell exploded in the ear, it is simply breathtaking. After everything calmed down, the sea was quiet, not to mention the bombing forts and the enemy ships fighting back, even the sea breeze seemed to be intimidated, and suddenly became quiet.

There were also a few torpedoes that deviated from the channel due to the influence of the sea environment and did not hit the intended target, but this does not mean that they did not gain anything—as more and more enemy ships entered the port, the area of ​​the sea area in the port also increased. It is narrow, and a large number of ships are almost gathered together, forming a large densely packed area.

So although some torpedoes missed their intended targets, they also missed the auxiliary vehicle and also blew up a few ships, but they didn't really miss...

"Bah!"

The binoculars in his hand could no longer be held tightly, and he accidentally dropped them, but Guan Wenhai had no intention of picking them up. He just opened his mouth, and his eyeballs were about to fall out. It was a little better than Guan Wenhai, but in the face of this roar that seemed to be the end of the world, they were also tongue-tied and could no longer say anything.

"Huh~"

After a long time, Guan Wenhai seemed to come back to his senses, took a long breath, and then gasped violently. After a while, he finally realized: "I only have one thought now..."

"What do you think?" Benyin was taken aback. Although he claimed to be well-informed and had never seen the roar of cannons, he was still overwhelmed by the earth-shattering power of the torpedo—plus In fact, he originally came from the relatively ignorant Black Continent, and the worship of totems and gods is engraved in his bones. Although he has lived in Datang for more than 20 years, the awe of gods in his bones has not been completely washed away.Although he had seen the scene of the salvo of cannons more than once, after seeing the terrifying power of the torpedo that almost wiped out the ship, he just felt that even a god might not be able to unleash such a powerful attack, right?

"Then what, I just want to ask you a question now..." Guan Wenhai still hadn't recovered from the shock just now, swallowed and said, "Is our navy still recruiting people? My desire to be a navy at this moment is unprecedented. If I can stand up to the torpedo boat, even if I give up my official robes, even if I die at the bottom of the sea for it, I feel that this life is worthwhile."

Sima Cuo took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Being in the navy is easy. As long as you pass the physical examination and political examination, I can call the shots and recruit you into the navy, and I will give you a good position, but the torpedo boat unit does not belong to the navy. There is nothing you can do about it, this is directly commanded by the crown prince, if you really want to, you can apply directly to the crown prince."

"Cut!" Guan Wenhai rolled his eyes at him. Since you say nothing, then what's the point of saying so much?

"But to be honest, seeing the power of this torpedo boat, I am worried about the future of the navy." A trace of sadness flashed in Guan Wenhai's eyes. This torpedo is so powerful that even the most powerful battleship can only meet it once. In the future, the development of torpedo boats is enough for the imperial court, so why should it be necessary to make great efforts to develop the navy?

This torpedo boat is only so big, and the cost is not too high at first glance, and it is so powerful. Compared with the battleships that cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, it can be said to be a model of high quality and low price. Now that the imperial court With the torpedo boats, the role of their navy will be greatly reduced-could it be that the prosperity of their navy is coming to an end soon?

In fact, Sima Cuo thought too much. Although this torpedo boat is powerful, and the power of the torpedoes it launches is even more earth-shattering, this is the only advantage of this boat-other than being powerful enough, what other advantages does this torpedo boat have?There is no advantage at all.

First of all, such a small ship obviously cannot sail far;

And because the ship is too small, it can't fight in the harsh sea area, otherwise, as long as it encounters a larger wave, it may be overturned;

The third torpedo range is too short, only one kilometer, which means that the torpedo boat must be close to the enemy to make a contribution, and such a distance is easy to be attacked by the enemy. Capsize the whole ship;

The speed of the fourth torpedo boat is too slow. It is true that it can be done with one blow when launching the torpedo, but after the torpedo is launched, it can only be slaughtered. When the sex is gone, they will be the only ones who die;

The last and most important point is that the output of torpedoes is too low and the cost is too high. A large amount of equipment is definitely not enough, at least not in a short period of time.

So, even though the torpedo is so powerful, it is an extreme weapon at present. It will never be used unless it is a last resort, and it is even more impossible to replace the position of the navy. It’s not slow, but I haven’t seen torpedoes replacing warships. Even in later generations, torpedoes can only be used as auxiliary weapons for the navy. The real decisive battle at sea still depends on the performance of surface ships.

And there is another point. The reason why the torpedo is so powerful is because there are too many explosives in it, and the explosive power is seriously left. If the amount of explosives is reduced, even if the amount of explosives is only one-tenth of the current amount, the remaining space will be destroyed. Increasing the amount of fuel loaded can not only destroy the enemy as it is, but also increase the range of the torpedo. There were so many explosives that there was no place to put them, but Li Zhen didn't pay attention to these wooden warships at the beginning of designing the torpedo.

This batch of torpedoes should actually be regarded as experimental models, and the target is the future steel warship. This time, Li Zhen took it out to test its performance.The torpedo that is actually used to deal with wooden battleships is actually being produced, code-named 'Great White Shark II', and its power is only equivalent to one-tenth of the current 'Great White Shark I', but it is also enough to deal with wooden battleships up.

Therefore, Sima Cuo's worries were wrong from the beginning, not to mention that Datang wants to sweep the world, and the role of the navy must not be ignored. Rebellion, so what if such a territory is defeated?

"But speaking of it, why did His Highness leave such a backup?" Guan Wenhai thought more: "This torpedo boat is obviously used to deal with ships on the sea, but how did His Highness know that there will be enemies attacking Yegang? ……Well……"

Guan Wenhai seemed to think of something, but before he finished speaking, Sima Cuo covered his mouth, and swallowed the remaining half of the words back into his stomach.

"Pfft!" Hao Xuan was not smothered to death, Guan Wenhai struggled to escape from Sima Cuo's grasp, and cursed: "Sima Cuo, you are too rude, I am your superior anyway, is this how you treat Shangguan? If you don't give me an explanation today, don't blame me for being rude to you."

"Oh, are you still in the mood to struggle with this?" Sima Cuo didn't show any repentance at all. Instead, he said in a tone that I was doing it for your own good: "Master Guan, you really dare to say anything..."

"..." Guan Wenhai's cold sweat broke out immediately with a 'shua' sound...

Chapter 1158 What did I say?

What did I say in Chapter 1?

"I... my God... what did I say? Mr. Benyin...Mr. Benyin, I didn't say anything just now, can you not tell His Highness?" Sima Cuo refused to admit his mistake Attitude, Guan Wenhai was still very angry at the beginning, but then he reacted and was covered in cold sweat.

Nima, what did I say?

What do you mean the prince is prepared in advance?

Doesn't this imply that the prince already knew that Yegang would be attacked?

Doesn’t the meaning of this extension mean that the prince knew that Yegang would be attacked, but he didn’t inform the guard of Yegang, but instead used Yegang as a bait to lure the enemy to take the bait?

Further extension, that is, the prince did not care about the lives and safety of the people in Yegang at all.

This is discrediting the prince.

Whether or not the crown prince planned it this way, Guan Wenhai could not say anything about it.

Even if the prince really thinks so, but as a subject, as a subordinate of the prince, how can he say such a thing?

What is the crime of slandering the current prince and spreading rumors?

If it is really pursued, even if Guan Wenhai has ten lives, he will never end up well.

What's more terrible is that he said this in front of the prince's confidantes - although he only said that he was Li Zhen's person, how could it be a mere person who was entrusted by Li Zhen to keep the secret weapon for him? Can the prince's people explain it?

This is definitely the prince's confidant.

I actually arranged the crown prince in front of him, even if he reported directly to the crown prince, I deserved it...

Guan Wenhai felt that his life was gloomy...

"Master Benyin...I..." Guan Wenhai was about to cry, and wanted to explain to Benyin, but he didn't know how to start, so he could only look at Benyin pitifully, with pleading in his eyes, like that It is really difficult for people to connect him at this time with the talented Luzon deputy governor before.

"..." Benyin wanted to laugh when he saw it, but he also knew that if he really laughed at this time, he would completely offend others.

Therefore, I could only hold back my smile and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Deputy Chief Protector. Although I am a barbarian, I have lived in the Tang Dynasty for more than 20 years. I can be regarded as a person of courtesy. Although I am not worthy of the title of gentleman, I am still I don't even bother to be that talkative gossip. What's more, His Royal Highness is open-minded, no less than the current emperor, don't say you haven't said it yet, even if you really arranged the prince, as long as you have something to say, the prince will not pursue it .”

"So, thank you, Mr. Benyin." Guan Wenhai breathed a sigh of relief when he got Benyin's guarantee - he only believed the first half of Benyin's sentence. As for the description of Li Zhen later, he was It passed by just listening, but I didn't believe it at all.

Everyone in the world knows that Prince Li Zhen is famous for being narrow-minded, and his methods are cruel and vicious-in the past, Nanyang invaded the border and massacred the people on the border. Li Zhen directly launched a young army into Nanyang, destroying countless countries.It’s okay to take the entire Nanyang Peninsula into your hands, and even degrade all the people in Nanyang into slaves, and encourage the people of Tang Dynasty to go to Nanyang to capture slaves. However, in less than ten years, more than [-]% of the aborigines in Nanyang have been captured. It not only improved the immigration conditions of the common people of Datang, but also earned millions of free laborers for Datang, and made great contributions to the infrastructure construction of Datang.

And Cuan Ren, the former overlord of the Southwest, how powerful is he?Even the Tang court had to focus on appeasement.

But because the rebellion massacred the people of the Tang Dynasty, the prince was completely angered, so he launched an army to crusade in anger. After several years, there was no sign of Cuan people's activities in the whole southwest, and they had been completely exterminated.

From this point of view, the efficiency of the Tang people is much better than that of Yingjiang. After the ancestors of Yingjiang occupied North America, they began to slaughter Indians. As a result, hundreds of years have passed and they have not completely slaughtered them.However, what the Tang people did in Nanyang was much more difficult than direct massacres, but they completed half of it in just a few years. No matter how difficult the remaining half is, I believe that after 50 years, the natives of Nanyang will become Even more precious than pandas.

Of course, this is not a good reputation. After all, these things Li Zhen did are really terrible to some people, and they are simply inhumane. To kill him, even in the country, there are some moral gentlemen who oppose Li Zhen's succession. They are worried that Li Zhen will set off boundless slaughter after he succeeds to the throne-and these are also proved in Li Zhen's usual words. Li Zhen is very full of the outside world. desire to conquer.

When the objection was invalid, he resolutely joined the plot to crusade against Li Zhen, wanting to kill him before ascending to the throne—and this, at the same time, was the reason why today's war started .

You tell me that such a person has a big heart?