At night in the Aegean Sea, it is very quiet. The bright moonlight shines on the sea, and the dream of a ship full of stars is just that.
Five steam warships and a dozen small warships sailed quietly on the sea, heading towards a remote harbor silently.
For safety reasons, all lights on the ship have been extinguished.
No one would have thought that several Ming warships would sneak up on us on a night like this.
In fact, the Ottoman Navy in the Port of Mattia did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would sneak attack on them. First, they felt that they were well hidden here and the Ming Dynasty would not be able to find them at all.
Secondly, the people of Ming Dynasty were extremely powerful and extremely proud, and would not use tactics such as sneak attacks.
But they were wrong.
The Ming Dynasty's intelligence system has already spread all over the world, and it focuses on strict monitoring of the Ottoman Empire. The Mediterranean Fleet's intelligence system and the Imperial Guards have a large number of people who have penetrated into the Ottoman Empire.
They had already figured out the deployment and local divisions of the Ottoman Navy, and even used the darkness to quietly approach, preparing to annihilate all the Ottoman Navy here in one fell swoop.
As for whether sneak attacks are glorious or disgraceful, this is not an issue worth considering at all. The principle that the Ming army has always believed in is to obtain the maximum results at the minimum cost.
This is the most basic point: a soldier never tires of deceit. The sneak attack method of combat has been used countless times in history. As long as you can make a sneak attack, you will not fight head-on.
In the Port of Matia, more than 20 main warships of the Ottoman Empire were moored quietly. The pirates were already drunk and were sleeping soundly with women in their arms.
For these Ottoman Empire pirates, being cowardly in this small port is not what they want at all. Their favorite thing is to take the initiative to rob.
They rob each other's goods and money, then ravage their wives and daughters in front of the other men's men, and finally sell them as slaves around the world. The pirates return home laden with victory items.
This is the life they long for and like.
Instead of hiding in this small fishing port like now, the drinks here are not good, the women are ugly and old, and the days are really like years.
In the port, the people responsible for handling the Ming Navy were also in constant action. They lit a lamp on each Ottoman Navy station ship, hung up a few lamps where the pirates gathered, and then quickly evacuated.
These lights are the guidance that guides the cannons of the Ming Navy to launch attacks.
The calm night lurks murderous intent.
Accompanied by the misty moonlight, several Ming warships and a dozen small warships finally arrived here. After confirming with the insiders in the port through lights, several Ming warships began to attack.
"Three rapid fires, ready!"
"Ready, fire!"
The warship swung sideways, and the cannons showed their ferocious faces. Following the commander's order, the cannons began to spit out billowing smoke.
"Boom! Boom!"
With a deafening sound, cannonballs whizzed past in the sky, and then hit the Ottoman warships in the port heavily.
"boom!"
The moment the explosive bomb came into contact with the object, it exploded again. The deafening sound was accompanied by the sky-high firelight, and huge water columns continued to rise.
Some unlucky warships were directly hit. The explosive force may have directly torn the wooden warship into pieces, and at the same time, billowing fire began to burn.
"what happened?"
The sleeping pirates were awakened by the loud noise. When they heard the loud noise, they immediately rushed outside without even bothering to put on their clothes.
When they saw the rising water column in the port, the burning ships, and the Ming warships on the sea not far away, each of these pirates could not help but be scared to death.
"Are the Ming people undead?"
"How could they find this place?"
Some people seemed unbelievable that the Ming people could find such a remote place and launch an attack in the middle of the night. It was simply unbelievable.
However no one answered them.
"Raise the temperature by 12 degrees and fire!"
On the Ming warship, after releasing rapid fire, it quickly began to adjust the design parameters, and soon a new round of bombardment followed with a deafening loud noise.
"Boom~"
This time, the warships parked in the port were not so lucky.
This kind of shooting with both sides in a fixed state is not difficult at all for the Ming Dynasty Navy who has been trained for a long time. After adjusting the parameters after rapid fire, it is almost possible to hit the target with perfect accuracy.
"boom!"
As the cannonballs roared in one after another, these cannonballs soon exploded on the ships of the Ottoman Empire Navy. Terrifying explosions continued to sound, and the sky-high firelight illuminated everything. The quiet port turned into a sea in the blink of an eye.
A sea of fire.
More than 20 main warships of the Ottoman Empire's navy parked here were destroyed before they could even move quickly.
But the people of Ming Dynasty had no intention of stopping like this. A dozen small warships quickly sailed towards the port, and the small artillery fire on the ships continued to roar.
Although it is a small warship, the guns on it are not inferior at all, and the cannons are moving towards the port with rapid movement.
He continued to hit some warships until all of them were blown up, and then he was satisfied and launched an attack on the buildings in the port.
"Dongdong~"
"Dongdong~"
Fierce artillery attacks came one after another. The attacks were very fast and the artillery fire was very dense.
This brand new rear-loading artillery uses standard copper-shelled shells. It is simple and convenient to load, and it fires very quickly. On the warship, the gunners wore earplugs to protect their ears. Some were responsible for firing, and some were responsible for loading.
Artillery shells have a clear division of labor and move quickly.
Wave after wave of cannonballs attacked the port.
The pirates in the port didn't even have time to react. Fierce artillery fire fell on them, and the area where they settled was given intensive care.
Fierce artillery fire continued, and terrifying air waves mixed with countless shrapnel shot in all directions. Houses were blown away, and the pirates screamed in pain and kept running around, looking for shelter.
However, all this was in vain. The artillery fire was so precise that it fell into the port as if it had eyes. In the blink of an eye, the entire port turned into a hell.
There are ruins everywhere, corpses strewn across the fields, rivers of blood, fires are burning, and the ships in the port docks, whether warships or fishing boats, have been completely destroyed. Countless wooden planks are floating on the sea, accompanied by
The waves are constantly moving.
The burning warship slowly sank into the sea and was broken into pieces, but the people of Ming Dynasty did not seem to intend to stop like this.
The shells continued to pour in, as if they were free of charge, and as if they were venting endless anger, as if they would destroy everything here before they would stop.
The fire was burning raging, and miserable wails resounded throughout the port. Countless figures were fleeing in all directions. Those who were farther away looked back in horror at everything in the port, and their hearts were filled with endless terror and fear. Anger, however, has nowhere to burn and vent.
In the harbor, the Ming Dynasty's station boat was brightly lit, and whale oil lamps were lit extravagantly. The Ming Dynasty people on the boat were clearly illuminated.
Wearing uniform white navy uniforms and military caps, the officers and the like held telescopes in their hands and carefully observed the port in front of them. They seemed to be very satisfied with this sneak attack.
The results of the battle were obviously very good. They destroyed more than 20 Ottoman warships here with zero casualties. By the way, they also severely punished the Ottoman pirates in the port. I don’t know. How many people were killed by Ming people's artillery attacks?
"The Ming Dynasty's cannons are really terrifying!"
"What kind of cannon is this that has such a terrifying rate of fire and power?"
"This should be a shell with explosive shells. The shells will explode again after landing, forming a secondary explosion, relying on shock waves and iron sheets to produce lethality."
"Explosive bombs? Why didn't the explosive bombs produced by our Ottoman Empire have such power?"
"How many artillery pieces do they have? The attack speed is too fast. It feels like there are thousands of cannons attacking us."
"There shouldn't be too many artillery pieces, but the attack speed is too fast. I think we can fire several rounds per minute."
"And the accuracy is very high. Almost all of them landed on our warships and houses."
"Without the warships, how can we fight the Ming people?"
"Shit, we shouldn't provoke the Ming Dynasty people. I don't know if those people above are out of their minds. Why would they provoke the Ming Dynasty people?"
"My Big Beard! Without this warship, how will I survive in the future?"
"You really shouldn't provoke the Ming people. They are much stronger than us."
"How did the people of Ming Dynasty know that we were hiding in the Port of Matia? They found us so accurately. This is really terrifying."
"Yes, it is indeed scary!"
"This shows that the people of Ming Dynasty know us very well and almost master our every move, so they can launch such a precise sneak attack and completely destroy all our warships at once."
"Don't count on it at sea. We just have to see if we can regain some advantage on land. Otherwise, our Ottoman Empire may be really in danger this time."
"You shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't provoke the people of Ming Dynasty!"
"Aren't the lessons learned back then not enough?"
The surviving pirates were all worried, watching everything in front of them and discussing.
