Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Since I feel the rapid sailing, the artillery salvo will be the next step, right?" Li Zhen asked about today's arrangement without dwelling on this issue.

"Yes, I set up a target ship not far from here, and His Highness can intuitively feel the power of the salvo of naval guns." Speaking of salvo of naval guns, Liu Rengui suddenly became interested, and the rapid sailing was just an appetizer Dish, deep-sea hunting is just a dessert after dinner, and the salvo of naval guns is the main meal he arranged, in order to let Li Zhen feel the power of the battleship for himself, so as to win more benefits for the shipyard in the future.

"No hurry, speaking of it, we still have one thing to do." Li Zhen waved her hand, suddenly turned to look at Fang Yi'ai, and said with a smile: "But I forgot about this matter, Yi Ai, do you still remember?"

"What? Your Highness, have you forgotten something?" Fang Yiai shrank her neck subconsciously, and said with a dry smile, "But things that can be forgotten by His Highness are not a big deal. If you forget them, just forget them."

"How can I do that? I still remember this incident and it seems to have something to do with you." Li Zhen smiled even more happily: "But since you have forgotten, Rengui, do you ever remember?"

"Of course I remember." Xue Rengui pursed his lips and smiled: "Brother Yi Ai boasted in front of Your Highness that he wanted to catch a whale."

"Okay, Xue Rengui, I was so kind to you in vain, how dare you betray me?" Fang Yiai jumped up, pulled Xue Rengui and cursed: "You bastard, I misjudged you, and we will cut you off from now on." The gown breaks off."

"But this is what His Highness asked, I can't hide it from His Highness, can I?" Xue Rengui pretended to be innocent, shrugging his shoulders.

"I" Fang Yiai was speechless.

"Oh, that's right, look at my brain, why have I forgotten it?" Li Zhen also pretended to be enlightened and patted her forehead, annoyed: "Catching a whale, I boast that I don't have the ability , but if you can catch it, General Fang, I can go to my father and ask him to set up a special official for the General of the Whale Slaughter, which is better than the General of the Hussars. By then, you will be the first General of the Whale Slaughter Now, as a first-rank official, your father will salute you when he sees you, how about it? Do you want to give it a try?"

"No, no, no, there is no need for subordinates, and subordinates can't do it." Fang Yiai waved his hands quickly. Although he was drooling at the so-called whale-slaying general, Fang Yiai knew his own affairs, and it was true that he was indeed The strength is infinite, but that is the score compared with whom. The creatures on the land should have no opponents, but the whales can't catch them even if they are exhausted?

Hearing this, Du He was immediately filled with righteous indignation, pointed at Fang Yiai's nose and yelled loudly: "Fang Yiai, I misjudged you, how can you say no? A real man, no matter what."

Xue Rengui also said: "That's right, it's hard to chase after a man's words, brother Fang, how can you not count what you said?"

"Please start your performance." Li Zhen also urged: "This is the moment for you to show your bravery, General Fang. This king should appreciate it."

"That's right, I've prepared all the fishing rods for you." Xi Jun bought a slender fishing rod and stuffed it into Fang Yi'ai's hands without hesitation: "Brother Fang, don't worry, Although this fishing rod may not look thick, it is actually very strong and can bear hundreds of catties."

"You guys are enough." Fang Yiai threw away the fishing rod that claimed to be able to bear hundreds of catties, and said with tears streaming down her face: "Are there any brothers like you? Anyway, they have been brothers for more than ten years. I just said it wrong. A word? As for bullying me like this?"

"Hahaha"

Chapter 247 Emergencies

Chapter 23 Emergencies

"" Li Zhen was about to speak, when the captain of the Dengzhou suddenly came out to report: "Your Highness, there is an abnormal situation on the sea surface, someone is secretly following us, and the intention is unknown."

"What?" Li Zhen was startled, took the binoculars and looked at the stern (after ten years of development, the glass technology has been quite advanced, ordinary binoculars have been researched, but they are single-lensed), and indeed there is a small boat Hanging far behind the Dengzhou.No, to say it was a boat would be too much of an exaggeration, it was nothing more than a small sampan.After adjusting the focus, I found that there were two people standing on the bow of the boat, one of them was pointing at himself, and the other was holding a telescope?

"Interesting, really interesting." Li Zhen said it was interesting, but there was a sneer at the corner of her mouth.

"Liu Rengui, you are sailing today, have you reported to the Commander of the Dengzhou Navy?" Putting down the binoculars, Li Zhen turned her head and asked.

"It's already been said in advance." Liu Rengui, who had been silent since the dolphins chased the boat, quickly replied, "Not only the Dengzhou Naval Commander's Mansion, but even the Dengzhou Governor's Yamen have already reported it."

"That is to say, this ship will not be a ship of the Dengzhou Fleet?" His eyes narrowed, and everyone who knew him knew that Li Zhen was angry.

"Definitely not." Liu Rengui shook his head and said, "The Dengzhou Navy is also the Datang Navy, and they still have some wealth. Even if they are tracking, they will not use such a small boat. Besides, this sea area is patrolled by the Dengzhou Fleet. Even if you meet us, you can go directly to the ship for inspection, so why would you follow so quietly? This ship obviously has ulterior motives."

"That's interesting." Du He said with a questioning smile: "Since it's not an official person, where did the telescope in their hands come from? If I remember correctly, because of the complicated process and strict precision requirements, until now, The supply of telescopes in the military is in short supply, right? How did this man get his telescopes?"

"More importantly, the clothes of these two people don't seem to be from our Tang Dynasty." Xi Junmai said: "On the contrary, I think they are dressed in the clothes of people from Silla or Baekje, which are a bit nondescript."

"This is the most suspicious part. If they were from Silla, they wouldn't deliberately wear their own clothes to inquire about information." Xue Rengui shook his head.

"No matter who they are, they are all dead today." A murderous look flashed in Li Zhen's eyes, and he said coldly, "Liu Rengui, can the cannons on the ship be used now?"

"It's all available." Liu Rengui replied, and then he was taken aback: "Your Highness, do you mean that you are not going to catch people alive?"

"No need, I know who they are?" Li Zhen snorted coldly. Despite being far away, Li Zhen confirmed the identity of the other party through the short figure of the other party: "The mere Japanese are really stubborn, and they are so stubborn. You still dare to spy on my Tang Dynasty. Liu Rengui, just shoot them to death, and let me see the power of the battleship here by the way. They seem to have spotted us, you better hurry up, or everyone will run away."

"Yes, the artilleryman is ready." Liu Rengui immediately showed the demeanor of a general after receiving the order, and waved his hand: "Full left rudder, face the enemy with the broadside."

"Wow!" Following the inclination of the Dengzhou ship, Li Zhen almost fell down and managed to stand still, but was chilled by the wind and waves scooped up by the bow.

"Pfft!" Spit out the seawater in her mouth, Li Zhen came back to her senses, but found that the Dengzhou ship had adjusted its angle. Seeing this, she was overjoyed. Unexpectedly, the Dengzhou ship still has advantages. Although the speed is not good, but The flexibility is top-notch, and the turning radius is so small, which can improve the survival rate a lot on the battlefield full of gunfire-although this advantage is useless in a short period of time.

"Your Highness, the angle is adjusted, can we fire?"

"Fire immediately." Li Zhen roared.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and the eight cannons on the left fired red flames in unison, and the eight huge shells flew towards the boat with a shrill scream.The Dengzhou even let out a groan, and the hull was pushed several meters horizontally by the huge recoil.

"Not bad, there was a straddle shot in the first round." Through the telescope, Li Zhen successfully watched the scene in the distance. Although they were fired together, the landing points of the eight shells were not the same, but two But it was very close to the boat, and the huge waves caused by the explosion almost overturned the boat.

"Thank you for your compliment, Your Highness. This is the result of daily training." Liu Rengui was also very satisfied with this shooting.

"Stop talking, keep firing."

"Yes, let's fire." The quality of this group of artillerymen is really good. They were able to complete the preparations for the next round of shelling in a short period of time. It took less than one minute. They are indeed elite artillerymen.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"" Continuous gunfire sounded one after another. Although they did not hit the boat, they covered it within the shooting range. From time to time, one or two near-miss bombs fell around the boat, setting off huge waves and immobilizing the boat.

"Boom!" Good luck always comes to an end. In the eighth round, a shell finally hit the boat accurately, and the huge bullet directly smashed through the small deck. All the boats were dismembered and burned into wreckage in the flames.

"Okay, finally hit." Du He cheered loudly.

"It was indeed a hit, but isn't the hit rate a bit too nonsense?" Fang Yiai frowned and said, "A total of eight rounds of shooting, 64 rounds of shells, the price of one shell is ten rounds, which means that this short In a short period of time, we have already sent out more than [-] coins, isn't this too little money?"

"This is something that can't be helped." Seeing Liu Rengui bowed his head and said nothing, Li Zhen helped to explain: "You have also experienced that in such an environment, the sea is turbulent, and you can't even stand firmly, let alone fire a cannon. Yes, and the target is still such a small ship, it’s God’s face to hit it. In fact, half of the cannons fired on the sea are due to Mongolia. In fact, I am very satisfied with today’s results. All those who participated in this battle will be rewarded , a reward for hitting the target."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Liu Rengui exhaled, and sincerely thanked Li Zhen, not only because of Li Zhen's great reward, but also because of Li Zhen's rescue. It was really hard for him to justify the situation just now, if it wasn't for Li Zhen's help, Today, he is determined to waste money.

"By the way, send someone down to search and see if anyone is dead." Li Zhen said worriedly, not because she was afraid of leaking some secrets, but because so many shells were wasted. That's funny-although this possibility is unlikely, but what if?

"Yes, this subordinate will arrange it now." Liu Rengui replied respectfully.

Chapter 248 Weapon Smuggling

Chapter 24 Arms Smuggling

An hour later, Liu Rengui reported: "Your Highness, we have already searched, and the bodies of both of them have been blown to pieces."

"That's good." Finally, there was no oolong incident.

Li Zhen looked at the sky: "It's getting late, so let's cancel the rest of the plan and talk about it later when I have a chance."

After the rapid voyage and the current bombardment, I have a general understanding of the performance of the battleship. As for the deep sea hunting, it is purely for fun. I will talk about it when I have a chance. Now there are more important things.

"Yes, Your Highness, shall we return to the voyage now?" Liu Rengui also understood Li Zhen's intentions. The Japanese kingdom will never change its attitude towards the Tang Dynasty. There may be their secret stronghold in Dengzhou, and even others in the officialdom of Dengzhou will be bribed by them. It's not necessarily true, but that's all. If there are people from them in the shipyard, the information on the battleship may be leaked. This is the real thing.