I walked out of the cabin and came to the deck of the bow. I looked up and saw a Japanese warship floating on the opposite side of the sea not far from the Lifuzhu. A man on top was holding the same trumpet and calling Li Chunfeng. shout.
He took the telescope that he couldn't hand over and looked over. He saw that far behind the Japanese warship, there were dozens of the same Japanese warships. Each warship was filled with soldiers in full armor, holding long hooks. , spears, axes and other weapons, looking nervously ahead.
"Are you in combat mode?" Li Hong asked Li Chunfeng next to him.
Li Chunfeng, who didn't know when His Highness was standing behind him, was startled when he heard Li Hong's words. He turned his head and saw Li Hong standing beside him energetically, looking attentively at the rows of Japanese countries in the distance. Warship.
"Back to Your Highness, everything is ready and ready for war at any time." Li Chunfeng, also wearing armor, saluted.
"Just explain your purpose. If you don't pay compensation, we will start a war immediately." Li Hong pushed away the armor Wutian handed over, just took a horizontal knife and said while leaning on the deck.
"Your Highness..." Li Chunfeng was still hesitant.
"Don't be polite to them, let them see the power of the Sanfu ships." Li Hong said coldly, looking at the Japanese generals jumping up and cursing on the bow of the Japanese warship.
The Japanese people have always had the virtue of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Only by completely defeating them will they respect you, wag their tails like dogs and beg for mercy, and obey the Tang Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts.
"Get ready to fire the matchlock crossbow!" Li Chunfeng looked at Li Hong, and his mind was filled with what Li Hong said on the deck yesterday, so he ordered in a deep voice.
As Li Chunfeng's orders were issued from the messengers and to each cabin through the microphone, the entire Fuzhu began to become tense, and the sails began to slowly rise to half, and began to resemble a giant whale on the sea. Like, it started to move quickly in an instant.
"Huh..."
The matchlock crossbow was quickly fired from the porthole with a stream of green smoke, and then, visible to the naked eye, it accurately hit the deck of the Japanese warship closest to them.
The arrows of the matchlock crossbow are no different from ordinary crossbow arrowheads, except that explosives with fuses are added to them, so that the matchlock crossbow explodes after being shot into the hull with the explosives.
As the hull of the Japanese warship at the front began to be blown apart, the trebuchet on the Japanese warship carried a catapult, which turned from red to black in the air, and the ball as big as a human head flew towards the Fu Zhu ships. Come over.
But before he could get close to the husband's horn, when he was still a hundred or so steps away from the husband's horn, he quickly fell from the air and fell into the rough sea. Then, where the ball fell, Then suddenly there was a puff of white smoke.
The hull of the Fuzhu began to tilt, and the sails on the four masts began to slowly rise and change directions in the air. The Fuzhu also began to cruise in the direction of the dozens of Japanese warships ahead.
"You see, how fast these bastards learned. The sharp weapons on the warship have been perfectly copied by them, but the range and accuracy are much different." Li Hong's body tilted with the hull of the ship, and Li Chunfeng Looking at the sea where the white smoke disappeared instantly, he sneered.
"The Japanese warship is too small, and the furnace on the warship is not very big. You can tell by looking at the iron ball that just fell into the sea. If the range is longer and the accuracy is higher, it can really pose a threat to us. Li Chunfeng said with a solemn expression.
This kind of iron ball is made by melting molten iron in a furnace placed on the ship. As soon as it becomes a red iron ball, it will be quickly thrown from the rear catapult to the enemy ship. Once it hits the On the enemy ship, as the iron ball rolls down, it will burn and disrupt the formation of the soldiers on the warship.
Once the still-high-temperature iron balls are contaminated with cloth and other flammable items, they will immediately cause fires on warships, making it impossible for ships in naval battles to concentrate on attacking.
And this is not a weapon in naval warfare that was invented in recent years. In fact, during the Three Kingdoms period, warships were equipped with furnaces, which used the high temperature after molten iron condensed into iron balls to attack the opponent's ships.
Cui Zhibian, the commander of the Navy of the Tang Dynasty, including the massive defeat of the Japanese warships at Baijiangkou a few years ago, this method of warfare caused the Japanese warships to suffer a lot. The warships were all annihilated, and the soldiers were either killed or drowned. to the sea.
But in less than ten years, the Japanese country once again built so many warships, and also introduced this high-temperature iron ball attack method.
It is conceivable that if the Japanese country is given another ten years, its strength at sea will become another major threat to the Tang Dynasty.
The Fu Zhu cruised outside the attack range of the Japanese warships. Matchlock crossbows made the Japanese warships unable to defend themselves. In addition, the sailboats were much more maneuverable than the Japanese warships.
This naval battle can be said to be a naval battle, but it is better to say that it is a unilateral war of destruction and massacre.
One after another, the Japanese warships rushed out of their so-called ship formation, hoping that the Fuzhu would be able to let their other warships reach the range of the Fuzhu while they were busy with themselves.
Danfu's ships were like fish with wings, flying on the sea amidst the turbulent waves and screams, causing other Japanese warships to spin in circles and scream in vain.
And in every pursuit, even suicidal attempts to get closer, their wide, clumsy hulls were always unable to evade the attacks of the matchlock crossbows on the Fuzhu.
It was also the first time that Li Chunfeng had truly seen the true combat effectiveness of the Fu Zhu Hao. He had personally experienced the Battle of Baijiangkou that year, although the Tang Navy also ended in a complete victory that time.
But in the process, compared with today, it was simply not on the same level. Naval battles back then were extremely dangerous, and ship-to-ship collisions also occurred from time to time.
In addition, the Tang Dynasty had an absolute advantage in the number of ships, personnel, weapons and equipment, so only the battle at Baijiangkou could be completely won, but that victory required the entire naval force of the Tang Dynasty.
But now, there were only three warships, and they were spinning dozens of Japanese warships around on their sea.
Li Chunfeng couldn't help but sigh: "This is just like two people playing and fighting. Fu Zhuhao is like a normal person with sound limbs, while the Japanese warship is like a clumsy person with no legs and carrying a cane. In this way , Is there any advantage to be taken? From this point of view, this kind of sailboat can protect me from worries on the sea for a hundred years. "
"If you have this kind of mentality, then the Tang Dynasty Navy will decline before it can truly become powerful. Ten years ago, you defeated the Japanese country with iron balls. Now the Japanese country also has iron balls. If it were not for Fu Zhu, Zhuque, and Xuanwu, If we have only one battleship, how high do you think our winning rate will be? Is there any advantage?" Li Hong asked casually, accompanied by Lawless and Li Chunfeng from time to time, as the entire hull swayed.
Li Chunfeng smiled confidently and said: "Ten years? Even if the Japanese country is given thirty years, they may not be able to build such a ship. What's more, this is made of silver. Does the Japanese country have so much silver?"
"But we can't be complacent and stand still. Since we are now thirty years ahead of them, our next goal is to be fifty years ahead of them. One hundred years will be enough!" Li Chunfeng looked at a Japanese warship. The ship rushed over quickly with its sails set.
The seemingly menacing warship was hit by dozens of matchlock crossbows before it entered its own range. It instantly exploded on the sea and turned into a piece of debris.
At the same time, Cui Zhibian's Suzaku and Zhang Yi's Xuanwu also encountered resistance from Japanese warships in the south and north. However, compared with the scale of the warships encountered by Li Hong and Li Chunfeng, they were larger. Much smaller.
But even so, seeing the vulnerable and weak appearance of the Japanese warships when facing the Tang Dynasty warships made the two of them feel comfortable and shout loudly on the ship.
This battle made them feel completely proud, less cautious than they were after encountering Japanese warships, and more domineering and powerful.
In this battle, the three warships were completely defeated, and even destroyed the entire Japanese navy's combat effectiveness. As the sun gradually set in the west, it sank heavily under the sea.
The entire western coastline of Japan, mainly the coast of Hakata City, fell into silence again. The fishermen stared blankly at the calm sea, but they could not see the joy on everyone's face after returning from fishing.
A white flag rose slowly and shamefully from Hakata Port, and then a small boat carrying three or four hurried messengers quickly left the coast and headed towards the boundless sea.
The entire southern line of the Western Sea of Japan stretches for tens of thousands of kilometers. With Li Hong's three sailing ships now, it is simply impossible to implement a real blockade.
Therefore, whether it was the Suzaku or the Xuanwu, they only sailed two to three hundred kilometers from south to north, but this was enough to intimidate the entire Japanese country and cause a huge shock to the Japanese government and the public.
The most important thing along the entire western coastline of Japan is the narrow strait of the Seto Inland Sea. Passing through the narrow strait of the Seto Inland Sea, even if you enter the hinterland of Japan, it is like entering the back garden of Japan, or Same as home.
Therefore, Li Hong and Li Chunfeng did not order their ships to cruise. Instead, they acted like scoundrels, blocking the outlet of the Seto Inland Sea and a slightly sheltered place not far from Hakata Port, strangling the throat of Japan. , not allowing it to breathe freely.
"Your Highness, look, a small boat is rowing hard towards this side. Do you want to let Meng Chong's boat go over for inspection?" Li Chunfeng asked, looking at the star-filled sea and Li Hong, who was open-minded and enjoying the sea breeze.
"Go, I think you came here to talk about something, let Lawless go over to investigate, and be careful of their tricks." Li Hong put down his arms, holding the side of the ship on the bow deck, looking far away, and could only vaguely see a small The black shadow was floating, just like a piece of broken deck floating on the sea during today's naval battle.
(End of chapter)