In Goa, at the mouth of Zuari Sea, the weather is sunny and sunny, and the sky is clear blue, but the thick smell of gunpowder smoke is constantly permeating the sea.
"Dong dong~"
Along with the rumbling sound of shelling, billowing white smoke rose from the battleships one after another, and shells whizzed past in the air.
King Ning's warships formed a formation on the sea area. There were two huge warships, rows of cannons spitting out flames, and dense projectiles flew towards the Portuguese warships like rain.
"Left full rudder~"
"Full speed ahead~"
"Shorten the distance as soon as possible and rush out!"
Vasco felt the huge water columns rising from the sea around him, and his face looked very ugly. The Ming people's artillery had a longer range than theirs, and their attacks were more intensive. The key was that there were so many artillery pieces, and they fired
The speed is also faster.
In addition, the warships of the Ming Dynasty are larger and more numerous than theirs. If they really fight with the Ming Dynasty, they may have to account for all of their dozen warships here.
So his plan was to rush out, wait until the distance was close, and then attack the Ming people severely several times to let the Ming people know how powerful he was and not fight back when beaten. This was not the style and tradition of bandits.
If it weren't for the huge disparity in strength, he would have fought to the end with the Ming people in front of him.
People who went to sea in this era were basically bandits, gangsters, gangsters, or down-and-out nobles, etc. In short, they were not easy to mess with.
Behind the Portuguese, the ships of the King of Shu were also dispatched. The remaining eight ships were equipped with artillery, their sails were raised, and they headed towards them.
"Huh~"
A round of shells roared in, and under the dense shells, several unlucky battleships were hit. The powerful inertial impact made holes in the battleships, and was accompanied by the painful wails of the injured sailors.
"Rush, rush out with all your strength~"
"The Ming Dynasty's artillery is somewhat accurate~"
Vasco looked at the situation on his side and his eyebrows couldn't help but beat.
The artillery of the Ming Dynasty was so accurate. From such a long distance, the hit rate was so high.
They had no way to disperse now. In just a few rounds of salvos, some warships on their side had been damaged. One unlucky warship even had its mast knocked down, and its speed suddenly dropped sharply.
"Dong dong~dong dong~"
As the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, the attacks of King Ning's battleship became more and more intensive. Under the powerful artillery, the shells formed a dense rain of bullets.
When the bullet rain fell, a column of water would inevitably rise, and at the same time, the unlucky Portuguese warship was hit.
However, the artillery of this era were all solid bullets, and their power was actually quite limited. Even if it was hit by the artillery, unless it hit the core position, it would not be easily sunk.
Only after explosive bombs, fish and other weapons were developed, ships became extremely fragile, and often a single fish was enough to destroy a warship.
A dozen Portuguese warships almost rushed out to the sea despite the dense rain of bullets, and the distance between them became closer and closer.
"Fire~"
"Let these Ming people know how powerful we are."
Vasco, who had been feeling extremely aggrieved, finally let out his roar and finally entered the range of their artillery. It was not easy.
In such a short period of time, more than a dozen warships were basically defeated. Three warships had lost their combat capabilities, two were seriously injured, and the rest were more or less scarred.
"Yeah~"
Suddenly, the Portuguese sailors roared angrily aboard the Portuguese warships.
The people who were licking blood from the knife's edge were all hooligans, pirates, thieves and the like. They were all extremely brave, and they entered their shooting range.
Thick smoke suddenly rose from the Portuguese warships, and cannonballs attacked King Ning's warships one after another.
For a while, there was a fierce fight between the two sides.
They were going back and forth with each other, and rounds of artillery fire were poured towards each other.
But as the distance got closer, the Ming Dynasty's artillery hit rate began to increase rapidly.
Accompanied by a round of unison, a large number of projectiles whizzed past.
The Rafael where Vasco was located was attacked by seven or eight cannonballs in an instant. All of a sudden, the battleship was severely damaged, and one of its masts was broken.
Vasco, a poor Portuguese nobleman, was also very unlucky. He was killed by a wooden board that was shattered by a cannonball, ending his sinful life.
"Dong~dong~"
The dense artillery fired round after round, and the advantage of the rate of fire began to come into play. Especially the Miyun artillery purchased from Miyun Iron Factory began to show terrifying power at this moment.
It took the Portuguese several minutes to load a cannon shell, and the Miyun Cannon could fire several times a minute, firing round after round of artillery attacks.
Coupled with the terrible hit rate.
After the Portuguese warships only fired the first round of artillery fire, half of the warships were severely damaged and completely lost their combat capabilities.
After the second round of gunfire, the remaining half of the warships were almost severely damaged again. The Rafael had begun to take in water, seriously rolled over, and was gradually sinking into the sea.
There was only one remaining intact warship that was struggling, but it was soon attacked by multiple warships. After two rounds of gunfire, the last Portuguese warship was also lying on the sea. It was very
The white flag was raised decisively.
At Zuari's seaport, the King of Shu's ships were picking up corpses, and were bombarding the Portuguese warships that were lying down one after another, in order to vent their depression of being bullied by the Portuguese these days.
"Stop attacking~"
"Take over all surrendering ships."
The battle did not last long, and King Ning, on Liu Yangzheng's suggestion, did not kill the Portuguese quickly.
These Portuguese ships can be repaired after being brought back, and maybe they can be used again.
The Portuguese who surrendered were strong and able to bring down the Nanyang region. One person could be sold for dozens of taels of silver, which was also a good income. There were also the artillery, weapons and equipment on these ships, etc. For the current King Ning,
It is also very precious.
One warship after another quickly came to the Portuguese warships, and the cannons were aimed at these Portuguese warships. Even the arrogant Portuguese had to raise their hands honestly at this moment, and then were
The people of Ming Dynasty tied them up.
The first naval battle between the Ming Dynasty and Portugal ended with the complete victory of the Ming Dynasty King Ning's battleship.
Relying on the number of warships, coupled with the advantages of the formation, artillery range and rate of fire, and extremely high hit rate, King Ning's fleet annihilated more than a dozen Portuguese warships with extremely slight losses and captured thousands of ordinary people.
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In the Goa region, this is a town temporarily established by the King of Shu.
The town is very simple, the houses are very low, and the roads are very dirty. It was originally a small town at the mouth of Zuari in the Goa region, and was occupied by the King of Shu.
King Shu Zhu Binhan also brought his team to the simple dock at the mouth of the river to greet King Ning. No matter what, this time, King Ning did him a big favor.
"Uncle King Shu~"
Prince Ning, who was smiling all over his face, stepped off the King Ning's ship. When he saw King Shu, who was about the same age as himself, he also smiled and said hello.
This is the first time that the two princes have met. This is the sad thing for the princes of the Ming Dynasty. Even though they are both royal relatives, they have never met each other.
In the Ming Dynasty, they were restricted and monitored everywhere, but once they got out to sea, they were suddenly free.
"Prince Ning~"
Zhu Binhan stepped forward and said with a smile: "This place is simple and simple, I can only aggrieve you a little."
"Why are you aggrieved? We all went to sea to build a foundation. Now we are at the beginning of building a foundation. Uncle Shu Wang has a very good vision."
"Although this place is extremely crude now, the terrain is very good and it has a high-quality harbor. As long as it is managed well, it will definitely become an extremely prosperous and wealthy vassal state in the future."
Prince Ning looked around and said.
"Hey, it's difficult. I don't know where the funds will come from."
"There are also local indigenous people, and this place is far away from the Ming Dynasty, so everything is difficult."
The King of Shu smiled and shook his head.
After going to sea and truly occupying his own colony, he truly realized the difficulty of being the master of a country. How many people under his command followed him, who wanted to eat, drink, and have a future.
There were enemies outside, and looking at the crude and backward place in front of him, he felt a little regretful. He might as well just be raising pigs on his own land.
"Everything is difficult at the beginning~"
"Uncle King Shu, this time I defeated the Portuguese. I plan to take advantage of the situation and occupy the Portuguese country of Guri. This country is located south of Goa and is very close to each other. When the time comes, you and I will have to help each other a lot.
yes."
Prince Ning nodded, thought about it and said.
Naturally, the help was not free, and now it was time to carve up the territory. King Ning of the Guli Kingdom took a fancy to it, so he naturally wanted to talk to the King of Shu first to avoid conflicts over the territory in the future.
"Aren't you going to Africa?"
When the King of Shu heard this, he thought about it and asked.
"Of course I want to go to Africa, but there is no contradiction in occupying Guri Country. Once I occupy this Guri Country, I can first establish a vassal state here in Guri Country and use this as a transit point. Then it will be easy to go to Africa."
Prince Ning thought for a while and said.
"That's a good idea."
"That's fine. When the time comes, your Ning Kingdom and my Shu Kingdom will be next to each other. Then we will send out troops to wipe out the local indigenous people. After conquering these indigenous people, we can start to establish a vassal state."
Zhu Binhan thought for a while and nodded in agreement. Although he was a little reluctant to give up, this Guli country was even better than the Goa area. Now it was cheaper than King Ning, and the two vassal states were so close. From now on,
Expansion is bound to involve some conflict.
But who said that his strength is not as good as Ning Wang, and he also received help from Ning Wang.
