The thirty-two-pounder gun is a very large-caliber artillery with a much larger charge than the twenty-four-pounder gun and the twelve-pounder gun. Especially when they fire shotguns, hundreds or thousands of projectiles fly into the air.
Towards the target, the power is really great.%网
But the larger the caliber of the artillery, the greater its recoil naturally means. A warship like this 32-pound artillery would not dare to equip it at all. Otherwise, dozens of artillery fire at the same time, and the entire ship would not be able to fire a few shots.
It's about to fall apart, and only a behemoth like a treasure ship would dare to equip such a cannon.
"Boom, boom, boom... In a salvo, the twenty-four cannons on the Dabao ship sprayed out at least countless projectiles. For a time, thousands of projectiles almost blocked the sunlight.
"Ah...my hand..."
When the white smoke dissipates, Dabao Chapter 414
The gunners on the surrendering ship saw that no one was standing on the deck of the opponent's ship, and several sailors fell from the towering mast from time to time.
On the leading pirate ship "Happy Jack", the pirate leader Jack was lying on the deck bleeding profusely because his arm was hit by a shotgun.
Jack was lying on the deck and kept cursing the sudden fleet on the opposite side: "Where did this bastard fleet come from? Why have I never seen such a flag before?"
At this time, Jack was filled with anger. Just yesterday, he led his men to rob three merchant ships and wiped out all the gold coins and goods. He threw all the men into the sea, except for a few.
The woman stayed, but she didn't expect that today she would encounter a fleet of unknown origin and cause heavy losses to her.
Holding his bleeding arm with his left hand, Jack shouted loudly: "Rick, if you're not dead, get out of here!"
"Rick, are you, son of a bitch, dead?"
"Here it comes, head!"
At this time, a red-haired young man covered in blood stumbled to Jack's side, half-knelt beside Jack and asked breathlessly: "Head, you Chapter 414
What can I do if you surrender?"
Jack raised his right hand with difficulty, held on to a railing beside him and slowly sat down: "You... please count, how many more of us are there?"
"Boss, I just did the math. Apart from those dozen women, there are less than two hundred people on our boat."
"What, there are only more than two hundred people?" Jack felt dizzy before his eyes. He grabbed Rick's collar with his uninjured left hand and yelled: "This is impossible. There are more than three hundred people here."
, why did we lose so many people in such a short time?”
Rick did not struggle, but pointed sadly behind him and whispered: "Head, you can see for yourself!"
When Jack's eyes swept to the deck, his heart couldn't help but twitch. These were brothers who shared life and death with him. Although Jack was cruel by nature, that was only to those businessmen and enemies. His opponents
The pirates below are still very caring.
Jack was stunned for a while. He was about to speak, but a series of deafening cannon shots came from the right, and then an armed merchant ship originally following the "Happy Jack" was hit by three large-caliber projectiles and shattered.
The wooden planks were smashed together with the screams, which came from afar.
Rick quickly stuck his head out of the side of the ship, glanced back, and his face changed a few times, "It's the "Luo Lao", they started to hit the "Luo Lao" with fire. Head, quickly think of a solution.
, Mr. Luo can’t hold out for more than a few shots!”
"Plop! Plop! Plop!"
A series of projectiles fell on the sea, splashing up rows of high water columns, and white waves even splashed on Jack's face.
Because the projectiles fell so densely, the nearby sea surface continued to roll as if being stirred by a huge sea monster. Waves of waves continued to surge around, and the front
Before the waves dissipated, the waves behind them came up. Even Jack, who was sitting on the "Happy Jack", felt the hull of the ship shaking. At this time, even Jack, who usually never admits defeat, had to admit that
, they lost this naval battle because the opponent's firepower was too powerful.
Jack looked sadly at the giant ship on the right that was constantly firing projectiles at him for a while, and then said to Rick sadly: "Rick, send the signal immediately. All ships must evacuate quickly. This
We lost a battle."
Yes, he lost this naval battle. He lost because of his arrogance and arrogance. He knew that although the number of the other party's ships was smaller than his own, the tonnage was obviously much larger than his own, but he ignored the other party's ships.
The advantage was that he wanted to start a war with the opponent, but ended up in a complete defeat.
"Boss, we can't leave." Rick looked around and lowered his head sadly.
Rick held on to the side of the ship and stood up slowly. He saw that the other party's ships had surrounded his own ship at some point, and used the advantage in the number of artillery to bombard his own ship. There was a pirate ship that did not believe in evil thoughts.
When he was about to rush out, he was attacked by four other ships at the same time. The pirate ship was bombarded at a distance of less than fifty meters and was hit by at least dozens of projectiles, especially its cannonballs below the waterline.
A large amount of seawater rushed in, and soon it bubbled and sank, leaving only some wreckage and pirates wandering on the sea.
On the Dabao boat, the excited Mo Hui kept waving his arms, "Okay, good fight, keep firing, don't stop!"
Dutch Major Nairn looked at the excited deputy commander of the Ming Dynasty Navy in front of him with complicated eyes. Mo Hui's command level seemed a little naive to Nairn's professional eyes, but it was still remarkable.
During the battle, their level was slowly improving. With their firepower superiority over their opponents, they sent pirate ships into the seabed one after another. Now their advantage has become more and more obvious, and they have even pushed these pirate ships
Surrounded, it was only a matter of time before this group of pirates were destroyed.
"Sir, those pirates surrendered!"
A loud voice woke up Nairn who was deep in thought. He looked up and saw that a white flag had been hoisted on the opponent's flagship.
"Is the other side raising a white flag?" Mo Hui raised his telescope and immediately saw a white piece of cloth flying on the highest mast.
"Oh, these pirates are really useless. They are not even as good as Zheng Zhilong. At least the navy of the Zheng family still knows how to fight to the end." Mo Hui muttered a few times with some dissatisfaction, and then asked Nairn: "Major Nairn, are you here?"
Can you, the West, kill the pirates after accepting their surrender?"
"Oh... God!" Nairn, who was startled by Mo Hui's words, quickly dissuaded him: "Your Excellency, Commander. This is not allowed and is also a serious violation of humanity. Since you have accepted the other party's surrender, you must
To ensure the safety of the other party's life, even if he has committed any crime, it must be handed over to a judge. In addition, I suggest that you hand them over to the Dutch government and let a just judge judge their crimes." He made a small calculation in his mind.
Naien persuaded Mo Hui diligently.
"Haha... It's not impossible, but this kind of thing still needs to be decided by Mr. Lin. After all, I am only responsible for fighting, right?"
Mo Hui was not so stupid. He gently pushed the ball to Lin Feng's feet. Then Mo Hui commanded the fleet to slowly narrow the encirclement, and issued a signal to order the other side to close the gun doors and move closer to each other. All the pirates got on the deck and gathered together.
Otherwise they would never accept the other side's surrender.
According to Western maritime practice, the navy will judge pirates after capturing them, but they will usually be punished with hard labor. Except for the leaders who committed the most heinous crimes, most of them will survive. In addition, facing hundreds of dark holes,
The muzzles of the cannons. The pirates went to the deck with their hands raised.
Half an hour later, when Mo Hui, Lin Feng, Nairn and more than a hundred sergeants armed with Minie rifles boarded the "Happy Jack", Jack and all his men were stunned.
"God. He is actually an Easterner! It is an Easterner's fleet!"
Seeing the group of black-haired and yellow-skinned people coming from the opposite side, the pirates on the ship all screamed in surprise. They never dreamed that it was the Eastern fleet that defeated them.
Mo Hui stood on the deck, hands on his hips, and said calmly to the blood-stained pirates in front of him: "Now, I just want to ask one question, who is in charge here?"
There was no movement in the pirate group, everyone just looked at Mo Hui in shock.
At this time, Lin Feng tugged on Mo Hui's sleeve and whispered: "Commander Mo, these pirates can't understand us. You have to find a translator."
Mo Hui patted his forehead helplessly, "I forgot to bring some translators with me just now."
He immediately turned to Nairn and said: "Major Nairn, can you translate for us?"
Nairn shrugged his shoulders. "I'm very happy, but Your Excellency, these pirates are British, and my English is not very good, so you have to be mentally prepared."
Mo Hui said calmly: "It doesn't matter. As long as we can communicate."
After that, Mo Hui took a step forward and stared at these pirates, who had a hint of unruliness in their eyes even though they were prisoners, and said in a twisted voice: "We are the fleet from the Ming Dynasty. Now that you have been captured by us, I will not stop you."
Ask once, who of you is the leader, stand up, otherwise I will be rude to you... Nairn on the side used his two knives to translate in English.
Soon, a big man stood up, stared at Mo Hui and said solemnly: "I am their captain Jack. It is my idea to start a war with you. I hope you will not hurt my men."
Looking at this Western man with bushy hair and a strong build, Mo Hui nodded: "Yes, he seems to be a bit of a leader. Since you have become prisoners, you must have the consciousness of prisoners. Now move the goods on your ship
Hand them all over!"
Jack...Nairn...In the end, the pirates reluctantly handed over all the goods they had robbed these days, allowing Mo Hui and the others to make an unexpected amount of money, but there were also some worries, such as they were searching the pirate ships.
They unexpectedly found a dozen women imprisoned by pirates.
As soon as these women were released, they began to cry profusely. It took Lin Feng a lot of effort to figure out that these women were Portuguese. After these women heard that they had been rescued, they pestered Mo Hui all day long and asked Mo Hui to escort them back to their country.
But it made Mo Hui very depressed.
After capturing these pirates, Lin Feng directed the sailors, merchants and the servants they brought to move all the goods from the pirate ships to his own ship, burned the six captured pirate ships cleanly, and then headed towards the destination.
March on...the third day of August in the tenth year of Chongzhen
Pang Gang passed through Jinan with his artillery camp, baggage camp, more than a thousand soldiers and hundreds of cavalry, and nearly 60,000 refugees came with him.
In the same year, Wei led Jinan's civil and military officials and thousands of soldiers and civilians out of the city to welcome him, which inevitably caused another bustle.
In the evening, in the custody room of the Jinan Governor's Yamen, Wei Tongnian and Pang Gang sat across from each other. Pang Gang had already told his father-in-law everything about his garrison in Luoyang and Kaifeng respectively.
The muscles on Wei Tongnian's face squirmed slightly, "Xian son-in-law, are you really going to attack Henan?"
Pang Gang nodded affirmatively and said: "Yes, father-in-law. Now the Ming Dynasty's chaos is intensifying, and the bandits are killing them endlessly. Although my son-in-law has seriously injured Li Zicheng and driven him to Hubei, I can be sure that at most
In half a year, he will make a comeback. However, the imperial court's national power has long been exhausted and it is no longer possible to organize a large army to encircle and suppress. The only two soldiers and horses capable of fighting are deployed in the Shanhaiguan and Xuanda areas. The rogue bandits are allowed to wreak havoc in the hinterland of the Central Plains.
But on the other hand, what are the ministers of the imperial court doing? Apart from fighting for power in the court and holding back one by one, they don’t do anything else at all. Is there any natural reason why the imperial court should not perish? "
Pang Gang's voice was not loud, but he revealed an indescribable anger. In Luoyang and Kaifeng, he saw too many high-ranking officials and gentry living in luxury compounds and living a life of debauchery, while outside the compounds there were crowds of people everywhere.
It was full of refugees who were so hungry that they were skinny and skinny. Pang Gang was not a saint, and his mentality of helping the world and saving people had no connection with him. But he knew that the current social contradictions were on the verge of exploding. Once it exploded, this situation would last for nearly three years.
A century-old dynasty will inevitably fall.
Even if he eliminates bandits such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, there will still be Wang Zicheng and Zhao Xianzhong emerging. In this turbulent era, he can only keep expanding his strength so that he will not be overwhelmed by this turbulent tide.
Now the bandits headed by Li Zicheng were gnashing their teeth with hatred towards Pang Gang, not to mention the Manchus. Huang Taiji and his group wanted to fry Pang Gang in a frying pan and drink him.
Now it is no longer a question of whether Pang Gang is ambitious, but if he does not make preparations now, he will be devoured with no bones left in the future.
Looking at Pang Gang's angry face, Wei Tongnian smiled at Pang Gang and said, "Okay, don't make such a face. I'll tell you the truth. You are fighting outside, and I am not idle either. These days, I will be in Shandong Province."
Officials at the county level and above have made a statistics and found that about 30% are willing to stand with us, and 30% are still wavering. The other 40%...the other 40% tell them to get out!" Pang Gang said coldly.
He said with a face: "Shandong is our root, we must hold it tightly. If we lose Shandong, we will become rootless duckweeds. Death without a burial place is our best end. So, who can stop us?"
Whoever we are is our enemy!"
Pang Gang's voice floated in the dark signing room, indicating that another round of shuffling was about to begin...
There is a small teahouse on a bluestone street in the east city of Jinan City. This teahouse only has two floors. In the past two years, more and more businessmen have come from outside Jinan City, and the business of the teahouse is getting better and better. Originally, it could only accommodate a few people.
The teahouse with ten people is obviously not enough. Boss Huang of the teahouse is thinking about whether to buy the restaurant next to him, but it seems that the role is not big, because the owner of the restaurant also asked someone to find out what he said a few days ago.
I didn’t intend to change hands of the teahouse and make Boss Huang very angry.
Today, as usual, the teahouse was crowded with people before noon, and more than ten tables were packed. People kept asking the waiters to serve tea and snacks, and the three waiters were so busy that they couldn't help but want to look like
The big yellow dog at the door stuck out its tongue to enjoy the cool air.
Boss Huang walked in the teahouse and kept saying hello to regular customers.
"Hey, Team Leader Niu, you haven't been here for a while. You must have been very busy recently."
"Toefl, toefl, I've been following our prefect to a few counties recently, which has exhausted me. Why don't you just come over here whenever you have free time?"
This middle-aged yamen servant, who was about forty years old and arrogant, was wearing a soap suit and a Chinese character face. He was the head of the prefect yamen and was in charge of the public security in this area.
"Boss Niu, please tell everyone what's new recently."
"Hey, don't tell me, I have really opened my eyes following the magistrate these past few days."
There is no sense of confidentiality these days. When Niu Bantou saw the tea guests around him, he immediately showed off and lowered his voice and said: "Do you know, this time I went down with the prefect, but I brought some people with me."
Thousands of soldiers went there."
"What, you went with soldiers?"
The people around were suddenly surprised. In the past two years, with the increase of Pang Gang's rule over Shandong and the economic development, Shandong's public security has become better and better. I dare not say that I don't pick up things on the road, but all the bandits, big and small, have disappeared.
That's pretty much it. After all, you can support yourself and your whole family by doing a job. Who wants to eat with their head in their belt?
Normally it would be enough for the prefect to go down to the county below and bring a dozen government officials with him. Now that he has brought so many soldiers and horses, something big must have happened.
"What on earth is going on?" Boss Huang asked after him.
Niu Bantou mysteriously whispered: "This time I went down with the magistrate and arrested the magistrates of Shanghe and Pingyin counties..." rq
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