Chapter 490 The big man has not recovered, why should he be a family?
The main firepower system of the battleship is the two cannons at the bow and stern. The cannon base structure is very exquisitely manufactured. Unlike Dazhou's fixed naval guns, both of their cannons can rotate!
Although the revolving cannon greatly improves combat effectiveness, because the base is not fixed, the caliber of the cannon is relatively small and its power is relatively weak.
Most of their battleships are in the shape of animals, some are like horses, some are like crocodiles, some are like elephants, some are like dragons, and some are like ducks...
There is a statue of a strange big bird standing on the bow of some warships. I don’t know what the bird means?
Wu Hanming introduced that the name of this big bird is Garuda, which is a divine bird in Myanmar myths and legends. It is somewhat similar to our Chinese phoenix or roc. This kind of bird can catch dragons in the water for food.
To put it bluntly, it is to use the divine power of Garuda to frighten the dragons and snakes in the sea, so that they will not dare to cause waves in the sea...
There are also statues of human faces on the prows of ships. They look quite fierce, but I don’t know which side they belong to?
Wu Hanming said that this is really a god, the god of thunder from Burma, called Saka. No wonder his image resembles Sun Wukong, because as we all know, Sun Wukong's most striking facial feature is the face of the Thunder God...
Xiao Chen patrolled around the deck and suddenly heard a sharp mooing sound coming from the cabin. He couldn't help but be startled. What the hell, didn't it sound like a cow?
I never expected it to be an elephant...
I know that Myanmar has elephant soldiers, but what do you mean by bringing them on board? Can you still charge on the sea on elephants?
In fact, it is an ancient tradition of the Burmese navy to carry elephants in naval battles, because elephants are very powerful and are a symbol of invincibility.
There is a phrase called the power of dragon and elephant, which means that the power of an elephant is enough to compete with a dragon.
In addition, the elephant is very heavy. Placing it on the bottom of the cabin can be used as a ballast to maintain a certain stability in wind and waves.
Elephants are also good swimmers. A well-trained elephant can swim in the sea for several hours, and it is quite fast.
There have been incidents of riding elephants in naval battles before. After a warship carrying an elephant was sunk, a few brave sailors found a drifting elephant on the sea and rode straight to it.
The enemy's warships rushed towards them. It is said that the enemy was quite shocked when they saw this scene...
Just as shocked as Xiao Chen.
But since it is a family tradition, it is not easy for him to interfere. Of course, he will not point out these elephants to fight at sea. It is quite novel to take them back and give them as gifts.
The thousands of soldiers on the battleship are all well-dressed men personally selected by Wu Hanming. Most of these people are descendants of China. Some fled here a few years ago, and some have lived in Myanmar for several generations.
They all followed Wu Hanming voluntarily. Firstly, they were his subordinates, and secondly, they were all willing to fight for China.
The ten cargo ships were all loaded with grain and various military supplies, including materials used for ship repairs, canvas, bamboo poles, timber, ropes, asphalt, lime, mixed fillings of sesame oil and fish oil, and a large amount of silk and linen.
It is even equipped with more than a hundred skilled shipwrights, blacksmiths, carpenters, sawyers, drillers, caulkers, cleaners...
The King of Burma is quite interesting. Xiao Chen received a big favor from him this time, because the King of Burma almost gave him a fleet that was completely his own!
It has been agreed that the battleship will be given away for free, but these soldiers Xiao Chen do not intend to return it...it is impossible to return it.
It would be nice to give King Myanmar a little more compensation in the future.
This is really a big surprise. Even if the negotiation with the pirates fails, the trip will be worthwhile.
Everything is ready, set off immediately!
Xiao Chen stood on the bow of his flagship, looking back at the sunset as bright as blood, with boundless pride in his heart, right?
Because his dream is to have the most powerful navy in the world, and now the dream has begun...
"Master Xiao, are you sure you want to cooperate with those pirates?" Wu Hanming on the side still couldn't believe that Xiao Chen wanted to do this.
"Don't call me Master Xiao, call me Boss." Xiao Chen patted Wu Hanming's shoulder affectionately, "We will be brothers from now on, Han Ming, don't be restrained."
"Yes, boss." Wu Hanming said, "But those pirates..."
"Han Ming, pirates are not important, what is important is you, can you just follow me from now on?" Xiao Chen interrupted him.
"Xiao...Boss, have you forgotten that I am a soldier of the Han Dynasty? I would rather die than surrender to the Zhou Dynasty. This time I follow the boss to fight in the name of the Chinese people, but it has nothing to do with the Zhou Dynasty." Wu
Han Mingdao.
"But Han Ming, have you ever thought about it, if we capture Shunfeng Port in this battle, what will happen if the Russians come back in the future? And what if the eager Japanese take advantage of the situation? Don't you just ignore it?
?You are a soldier of the Han Dynasty, but you are also a Chinese and a native of Yanyun County. Shouldn't you do your best to protect your hometown?"
"I think you are a smart man. The reason why the Burmese king asked you to follow me is obviously because he is suspicious of you. After all, you will not have a good future in Burma... Besides, you are working for the Burmese people, how can you
Are you risking your life for us Chinese people? Even if you die in battle, your bones will be buried in the Chinese soil."
Wu Hanming was silent.
"General Wu, I think what Xiao Chen said makes sense. As a businessman, you have to make money for your country, and as a soldier, you have to fight for your country, right?" Wilson on the side intervened. He was very smart.
In just a few months, I have learned some simple Chinese dialect, but my accent is very strange.
But the interesting thing is that Wu Hanming can also speak English, because Maro Port is an international port and the Bay of Bengal is also a very busy waterway. Cargo ships from the West pass by every day. As a naval general, he is not allowed to learn English.
Although the words are not very good, simple communication is still no problem.
"Han Ming, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your children. Do you want them to live in Myanmar for generations and never return to our Chinese homeland?" Xiao Chen continued to persuade.
"I haven't married yet, where will my children come from?" Wu Hanming asked.
"How old are you and haven't started a family yet?" Xiao Chen was very surprised.
"The Han Dynasty has not recovered, so why should we take care of our family?" Wu Hanming said.
"Boss, I think Han Ming is very stubborn. It's hard to convince him to follow us. Otherwise, we might as well..." Fu Yan looked at Wu Hanming with evil intentions in his eyes.
Wu Hanming was shocked, why are you trying to kill me just because I refuse to surrender to Zhou?
No, I'm here to help you fight!
This is not the time when the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked, and the bird is hidden, okay?
"Just kill him?" Tie Kunlun laughed.
"No, the boss likes him very much and will definitely be reluctant to kill him." Fu Yan shook his head.
"What should we do?" Tie Kunlun asked.
"Then just rebel." Fu Yan sighed, "Who makes me like Han Ming too?"