Chapter 457 Zhu Yuanzhang who wants to be the Pirate King
If Daming is an enterprise.
Then there is no doubt that Zhu Yuanzhang is the president of this company.
The various ministries and offices are the various departments of the enterprise, and the generals are supervisors. The Longjiang Shipyard and the like are the production and R&D departments of the enterprise.
Zhu Yuanzhang is the president and the financial backer of these production and R&D departments.
If Ming Dynasty wants to completely move towards the deep blue and go beyond the thousands of miles of sea, it must let the money master see that the white money that the old man took out has not been squandered by the people working underneath.
It is even more important for the grandpa, the financial owner, to see clearly that the money he spends is actually transformed into real results.
As Zhu Yunxi issued orders, Zhu Yuanzhang also took time to look at the dark gun windows below the deck.
The messengers went down from the deck to the artillery cabin below, conveying the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Zhu Yunxi waved to Tian Mai who was accompanying him, took a brass telescope and handed it to the old man.
"Grandpa, use this to see clearly."
Zhu Yuanzhang just glanced at it and took the telescope.
This thing has now been assembled to the level of thousands of households in the Ming army, and it is no longer a rare item among the Ming army.
"Explosive bomb!"
"Ready for one shot!"
"Cannonball reload!"
"Gunner fire!"
boom……
A series of sounds came from the lower deck of the warship.
With a huge roar, the entire warship violently moved back and rocked, and everyone on the deck saw a bright light running out like thunder.
In the telescope in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, in the distant woods on the bank of Jiangxinzhou whose direction had just been marked, the cannonball penetrated heavily, a burst of fire flashed out, and then there was another huge roar.
Countless branches and leaves were scattered in the air, and whole tree trunks were torn to pieces, making a squeaking and whining sound, and collapsed toward the back.
Pieces of dust were flying and pebbles were flying everywhere.
After a while, at the near end of the telescope, a cloud of black smoke slowly floated up from the bottom of the field of view.
The warship was swaying slightly, and the ripples, starting from the warship, were continuously pushed into the distance.
"The cannon is so powerful!"
Zhu Yuanzhang put down the telescope in his hand and shouted lowly.
Zhu Yunxi stood aside and immediately raised his arms and said: "The Ming army is mighty!"
Zhang Ergong, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, subconsciously shouted: "Long live my emperor!"
Everyone on the deck held their heads high and took a deep breath of air. When no more air could be held under their chests, a huge roar was heard on the deck.
"The Ming Dynasty is mighty!"
"Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"
"The Ming Dynasty is mighty!"
"mighty……"
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was surging, and he couldn't help but look back at the emperor's grandson beside him: "This cannon is twice as powerful as before, and this bullet is unprecedented!"
Just a single cannonball could destroy entire trees and cause such a huge commotion. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang had been familiar with military affairs for many years, he had never heard of it.
Zhu Yunxi smiled implicitly: "The name of this bomb is the explosive bomb. It was developed together with the new artillery. Its function is to maximize the kill of the enemy when the two armies confront each other. It is only the second explosion of the ammunition.
, it is not absolutely controllable at present, only 30% to 40% agree with the requirements, and it needs to be continuously improved in the future.”
The technical difficulty of transforming an iron lump into a secondary explosive ammunition is different from that of the times. Zhu Yunxi took the initiative, and Zhang Ergong led his people to test it for a long time. Now only 30 to 40% of the ten bombs can meet the requirements.
Make a real difference.
Zhu Yuanzhang burst out laughing: "Enough! Enough! Thirty-four percent is enough! It's uncontrollable. Our army will use numbers to increase this number!"
Will the old man also change quantity into quality?
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but chuckle: "Send the order, three volleys of broadside artillery fire, one round of siege bombs, one round of explosive bombs, and one round of fire bombs."
The messenger who had been standing on the deck waiting for orders immediately ran and shouted.
"make!"
"Three artillery volleys!"
"A round of siege bombs!"
"A round of explosive rounds!"
"A round of fire!"
The military order was quickly conveyed.
After the lights died down, the entire river in front of Jiangxinzhou became an absolute domain dominated by the Ming Dynasty's latest artillery and steam warships.
It was as if thousands of cannons were firing, and the sound of cannons was sent into Yingtian City in the distance.
The entire steam warship was trembling and shaking, but it was always kept within a maximum fixed side tilt angle to ensure that the muzzle and aiming range of the artillery were within a correct and controllable range.
And on the entire river surface, countless fish, large and small, were frightened out of the river, causing clusters of bright spots on the river surface.
When the fish returns to the water, the ripples become a mess.
Black smoke filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke spread a mist on the river.
The first round of siege bombs was sent to the opposite Jiangxin Continent with a huge impact. For a time, countless huge impact sounds were heard, mud and rocks rolled, and several shore stones that were getting too big were completely shattered.
, the sky was filled with gravel sputtering.
However, the storm did not stop.
The second round of explosive bombs roared across the river and fell into the woods on the bank of Jiangxinzhou, which was like a landslide.
Entire trees seemed to have been cut by a huge, serrated sickle.
The thigh-thick tree trunk was shattered, and countless sawdust flew into the sky, dancing with broken leaves and branches, and the fractures of the tree were filled with a sense of tearing.
The whole forest was emitting a moaning sound.
Zhu Yuanzhang no longer needed to use a telescope to watch. To the naked eye, what happened in Jiang Xinzhou on the opposite side was constantly magnified and magnified in his eyes.
Unconsciously, Zhu Yuanzhang had held his breath.
In his eyes, those towering trees were no longer dead objects. Instead, they had become the remnants of the Yuan thieves that he had driven back to the grassland.
The Yuan thieves rode the war horses they had raised since childhood and rushed towards the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, trying to seize the Han Dynasty Plains again.
However, the Ming Dynasty's artillery roared mightily on high hills, spewing the most dangerous anger in the world. Rows of Yuan thieves were hit and shattered by the cannonballs, and the sky was filled with red blood rain.
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The war horses were torn apart, and the enemy's limbs were broken.
The vast green grassland is covered with the corpses of Yuan thieves who occupied the Central Plains for more than a hundred years.
The lone eagle hovers in the sky, waiting for the most ferocious and dangerous people in the world to leave, so that it can swoop down from the sky and land on the grassland to feed its belly.
"Fire bomb!"
"One shot of equipment!"
"Load ammo!"
"Gunner fire!"
boom!
Huhuhu...
The command of the artillery commander below the deck was heard again on the deck, and thousands of guns were fired again, and the emperor's shoulders couldn't help but shake.
Amidst a whimpering roar, balls of scorching fire shot out from behind the gun window of the warship, and in the blink of an eye, it fell into the woods where the defeated army was killed on the other side.
The river wind blows over Jiangxinzhou.
Huge flames rose, and the fire swayed in the wind, constantly spewing anger around and making huge whimpering sounds.
With just a stick of tea and incense, the entire shore had turned into a sea of fire. The raging fire seemed to burn up the surrounding air and dry up the river water on the shore.
On the deck of the warship, everyone held their breath.
Even Zhang Ergong and others stared at the sea of fire on the shore of Jiang Xinzhou with their eyes widened.
Even though they have tested it several times, every time they see such a scene, they will be deeply impressed by the terrifying power of the artillery they made.
"Sail!"
A heavy voice sounded in the silence after the gunfire.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhang Ergong with his face flushed: "Raise the sails! Let the warship start! Let's continue the test!"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Zhang Ergong had never seen the emperor look like this before. He hesitated for a long time and then hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty, take the order! Come, send the order, the warship will weigh anchor, set sail, and steam engine
Fire up and start!"
The entire warship started to get busy following the emperor's words.
Countless sailors untied the sails, and groups of sailors pulled complicated ropes through winches to pull up the huge sails.
The two huge chimneys erected on the back of the warship began to spit out thick smoke after a few roars. In just half a blast, there were streaks of white smoke directly behind the stern of the ship.
Steam, shooting towards the rear.
The steam turbine has started working.
From the bottom of the warship to the deck, there was a tremor, and at this time the sails were also pulled up and fixed by the sailors.
Moved!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at a fixed object on the shore and began to have a sense of movement in his sight. He immediately picked up his steps and ran towards the bow of the ship.
"Your Majesty, please slow down and be careful where you step!"
Zhang Ergong turned around quickly and reminded loudly.
Zhu Yunxi also said repeatedly: "Grandpa, be careful, the warship has just started, it will be a little unstable."
A group of Wuyangyang people just followed the emperor and headed towards the bow of the ship.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already rushed to the front of the bow, holding the railing in front of him tightly with both hands.
Hearing the rapid footsteps behind him, Zhu Yuanzhang did not look back, but said in a deep voice: "How should the steam warship continue to be tested? You should follow the plan."
Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor no longer wanted to explain himself, Zhang Ergong bowed and quietly withdrew.
At this time, Zhu Yunxi stepped forward lightly and came to the old man's side: "According to the plan, the warship will gradually increase its speed from here until it reaches Baguazhou downstream at full speed. Then it will start to turn on the river surface and head upstream to Baguazhou.
Test forts built along the coast were bombarded to test the performance of warships in moving and anchored conditions."
Baguazhou is located about 20 miles downstream of Longjiang Shipbuilding Outer Jiangxinzhou.
This distance is enough for the steam warship to measure its sailing speed at full speed, and the river surface there is enough for the warship to change direction for movement and stationary bombardment.
Zhu Yuanzhang gently tapped the railing in front of him with his fingers, but he asked: "These artillery pieces are not only used on naval warships, but also sent to the border troops. With this thing in hand, I, the Ming Dynasty, only need to
If there is no chaos, there will be no rivals.”
The ocean is unfamiliar, and to the people of Ming Dynasty, they know far less than the land.
All along, the enemies of the Central Plains have come from land, especially the endless enemies on the grassland outside the Jiubian Fortress.
The current military strategy of the Ming Dynasty still focuses on confrontation, defense, and combating the remnants of the former Yuan Dynasty outside the Nine Border Fortress.
When Xu Da led his army to invade Beiping City, the Yuan Dynasty established by Borjijin and Temujin collapsed after countless bloody battles by the sons of the Han family.
The Dayuan Dynasty, as a dynasty that ruled the entire Central Plains, ended its dynastic life.
Emperor Huizong of the Yuan Dynasty, Bo'er Jijijin and Tuohuan Tiemuer, fled north to Shangdu, and retreated to Yingchang the following year. This Iron Pot Emperor still used the title of the Great Yuan, but he had been defined as the Northern Yuan by the Ming Dynasty.
In the third year of Hongwu, Yuan Huizong died and Yuan Zhaozong ascended the throne. Under the continuous military operations of the Ming army, he continued to take the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and fled north to the Mobei and Lin areas.
In the eleventh year of Hongwu, Emperor Zhaozong of the Yuan Dynasty passed away. Emperor Yuan Tianyuan who came to the throne continued to lead people and people to fight against the Ming Dynasty, and repeatedly invaded the Ming Dynasty.
Until the 21st year of Hongwu, in order to completely wipe out the remaining remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty outside the Great Wall and in the northeastern region, the imperial court appointed Lan Yu, Duke of Liang, as the general, leading an army of 150,000 to carry out Emperor Hongwu's sixth Northern Expedition.
The Ming army crossed the Gobi and advanced to the Yuerhai area. They fought fiercely with the Beiyuan army and finally completely defeated the Beiyuan army, causing numerous casualties and more than 80,000 prisoners. Emperor Tianyuan and his eldest son Tianbaonu escaped, and their youngest son Tianbaonu escaped.
Baonu was captured by the Ming army.
Emperor Tianyuan and his eldest son Tianbaonu, who continued to flee north, were killed by Yesudiel, a descendant of Ali Buge.
At this point, the Northern Yuan Dynasty no longer used the emperor's reign name and the Yuan Dynasty title.
But whether it was the Great Yuan or the Northern Yuan, although they had died out a few years ago, they left behind countless people who had experienced the founding of the Ming Dynasty. These remnants of the former Yuan still implemented the system of the former Yuan and still had a powerful military.
The strength is still trying to go south again for many years.
In the twenty-eighth year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, wars had been fought for twenty-eight years.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, the greatest hope for the country in this life may not be to create a prosperous age with his own hands, or it may not be the prosperity of his children and grandchildren, but it must be to wipe out all the remnants of the previous Yuan Dynasty.
Zhu Yunxi spoke softly: "Grandpa, don't worry, the artillery on the naval warships are all specially forged for the navy. As for the heavy artillery used outside the Nine Frontier Fortress, and the light artillery that can be easily pulled by war horses and easy to carry, from now on
They were developed together from the beginning.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was quite surprised. He looked sideways and said, "Why do we need to subdivide them in this way? When can grandpa see the heavy artillery and light artillery you mentioned with his own eyes?"
"It won't be long before I think about it. I have to finish it all this year. When the time comes, grandpa will be invited to come and watch it in person."
ah!
Zhu Yuanzhang let out a long sigh, his eyes were a little moved, looking at the vast blue waves of the Yangtze River in front of him, he slapped the railings one after another, as if he was playing music in harmony.
"The Ming Dynasty must truly settle down earlier. It must make those enemies who dare to covet the Central Plains completely surrender. If they don't surrender, they will drink blood under the sword of the Ming Army."
Zhu Yunxi nodded and whispered: "There will be a day."
But Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "You have to work hard. When the day comes, grandpa will take a boat like this and go to sea to see what the other side of the sea is."
The old man wants to be the Pirate King?
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help being stunned.
However, he had already met the old man's profound gaze.