At this time, Li Changfeng and Chunni were eating large lobsters that had just been cooked in sea water on the deck.
Li Jianye ran over and asked: "Brother Ninth, it is confirmed that it is the Japanese pirate navy. Can we start firing?"
Li Changfeng rolled his eyes at Li Jianye: "Cannonballs are very expensive, right? Just hit them!"
"Crash into it?!"
"Yes, hit it!"
Zhou Jianbo on the side said to Li Jianye: "Your Highness, please rest assured. I went down to see our armored warships. The outer shells are made of thick, refined steel, and the main structure is also made of fine steel. The wooden ships of the Japanese pirates are all made of fine steel." It breaks into pieces when hit."
Li Jianye nodded: "Okay!"
Immediately, Li Jianye turned around and gave an order.
"Go full throttle and hit it!"
Woo!
The whistle sounds.
Five armored warships rushed past like arrows, and the roaring screams of Japanese pirates could be heard in the distance.
Li Changfeng looked at it with disgust and gave another order.
"Raise the Great Qianlong Flag."
…
Chitō Ito felt like he was going crazy.
In his more than ten years of sailing across the sea, he had never seen such a large warship. It didn't even have a sail, and it was emitting strange white smoke and moving at an alarming speed.
And they have no intention of stopping.
Are you going to die with them?
He has always been very confident in the navy under his command, but at this moment he was a little hesitant.
At this moment, his subordinates let out another burst of exclamations.
"Dragon flag! Daqian dragon flag!"
"It's Daqian's warship!"
"Oh my god, when did Da Gan build such a big and fast ship? Isn't their shipbuilding technology very backward?"
"They're coming!"
"..."
Chitō Ito was startled and looked over carefully.
Sure enough, he saw the big Qianlong flag fluttering in the wind.
But this was not enough to scare him. What really frightened him was the long, dark metal tubes on the warship, which were connected to the terrifying existence he had heard of countless times.
"Raise the sails! Set sail! Everyone, please get down and paddle for me!"
"Run! Run as fast as you can! There are artillery on the big warship!"
"Anyone who doesn't want to be blown up by Daqian's artillery will be killed by me!"
"..."
When they heard about the artillery, all the Japanese pirates panicked and quickly raised the sails and rowed frantically.
Daqian artillery has become famous all over the world. As neighboring countries, how could they not know about it?
However, after a while, Chitō Ito became desperate.
The speed of Dagan's armored warship was so fast that even if his men and horses rowed desperately, they could not get away. Instead, they got closer and closer.
At this moment, a subordinate wondered: "We are so close, why don't they fire?"
Ito Qiantang was stunned for a moment, and then said with great joy: "There must be something wrong with their artillery, otherwise why not attack? Counterattack, all of you, give me a counterattack!"
Japanese warships are typical narrow-body warships.
On the deck of this kind of ship, there were about fifty Japanese pirate soldiers, armed with spears, daggers and other weapons, and more with bows and arrows to shoot at approaching warships.
The biggest feature is that they all carry flying hooks, which are used to hook onto the deck of enemy ships and climb up.
It is worth mentioning that the main offensive weapon of this warship is actually the ramming horns wrapped in bronze at the bow and stern.
It uses the huge collision force generated when the ship is traveling rapidly to ram and destroy the enemy ship, thereby winning the naval battle.
The effects of forces are reciprocal.
Daqian warships are approaching quickly and will receive the same damage if they collide with their ships.
"Prepare for impact!"
"Prepare the flying hook and board the ship quickly after the impact is completed!"
"Archers cover!"
"Everyone, remember, at sea, the navy of our Great Japanese Pirate Empire is invincible!"
Chitō Ito actually felt a little nervous.
But I can't run away, so now I can only fight bravely.
The Japanese warships were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of height and size, but they had a huge advantage in number, with a total of twenty-one.
As long as they risked their lives to destroy half of the warships, there would still be a chance of victory.
Now he only hopes that there is something wrong with Daqian's artillery, otherwise no matter how many warships there are, they will be dead.
As the warship got closer and closer, Ito Chitō's heart gradually became anxious.
It wasn't until he saw the texture of the Daqian warship's surface clearly that he suddenly had a bad feeling.
That’s not wood grain!
Why does it look like a steel plate?!
Just as Ito Chitō had such an idea, there was a loud bang, and the ramming horn of his warship collided with the hull of the Dagan warship.
In an instant, the Japanese pirate warship was torn apart, and the soldiers on board fell into the water one after another before they could launch an attack, struggling to survive in the sea.
But the Daqian warship was intact.
Ito Qiantang was sitting on the warship and there was no collision. He looked at the shallow dents on the hull of the Daqian warship with a horrified expression.
"Iron-armored warship! It's an iron-armored warship!"
"Oh my god, how is this possible!?"
"Run! Run away!"
He was completely desperate.
What a terrifying national power it is to be able to build iron-armored warships!
This kind of steel monster should not appear on the sea.
The soldiers under his command were even more frightened.
This collision caused them to lose five warships and nearly a thousand soldiers.
Li Changfeng's armored warship was in the middle and no collision occurred.
At this time, he was using a telescope to observe the location of the impact of the armored warship, and he was very satisfied with the result.
Putting down the telescope, Li Changfeng ordered: "Okay, don't waste time and blow it up with a grenade."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Zhou Jianbo received the order and quickly passed it on.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions sounded one after another, at such a close range and from a high position, almost all the grenades were accurately thrown on the Japanese pirate warship.
Miserable howls sounded one after another, the hulls of warships were damaged one after another, and they began to take in water and capsize. The sea was full of struggling Japanese pirates.
In just a few cups of tea, ten more Japanese warships were destroyed.
Some Japanese pirates used flying hooks to build the hull of the boat in an attempt to climb up. As a result, most of them were chopped off by the Daqian soldiers and fell into the sea. Even if some were lucky enough to climb up, they bumped into the muzzles of the musketeer battalion soldiers as soon as they showed their heads.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The sound of musket fire sounded little by little, and every time a Japanese pirate fell into the sea.
Li Changfeng noticed Ito Qiantang. His clothes were completely different from other Japanese pirates. He was very luxurious and gorgeous, and his status was extraordinary at first glance.
"Don't blow that one up, catch it alive."
As soon as Li Changfeng gave the order, Zhou Jianbo smiled.
"There's no need to arrest him, that guy is shouting to surrender."
"Oh?" Li Changfeng was a little surprised, "Do you still understand Japanese pirate language?"
Zhou Jianbo smiled and said: "After dealing with Japanese pirates for so many years, I can still understand some of their daily language."
Li Changfeng nodded and ordered: "Stop the attack and let them throw all the weapons in their hands into the sea. If anyone doesn't listen, don't talk nonsense and just shoot with muskets."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Zhou Jianbo responded and went to deliver the message.